Mentored by Carl Faust, associate professor of physics, Cree earned Best in Session for her poster Comparing Sliding versus Rolling to Determine Moments of Inertia of 3D Printed Cylinders.

“Everyone has heard Newton’s first law, an object in motion tends to stay in motion, but this concept can be difficult to visualize,” explained Cree. “We devised a lab in which cylinders with different mass distributions race down an incline alongside a block. By recording the angle at which the objects reach the bottom simultaneously, we can derive the inertia coefficient.”

Cree was among 14 °”ÍűTV students who presented faculty-mentored research at the symposium.

“Students have the opportunity to conduct research alongside faculty members as early as their first year at °”ÍűTV,” said Jennifer Carter, associate professor of physics. “This allows our students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world problems, while building critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills that will serve them far beyond graduation.”

The goal of Cree’s research was to create an engaging and easily replicable lab activity for introductory physics courses. Her work is an extension of research started last summer with Faust.

“He lets me work through the roadblocks on my own while providing feedback and advice,” Cree said. “This has grown my confidence in my own abilities and my skills in problem solving. I could not have done it without the support of Dr. Faust and the entire physics department.”

Through access to the foundation skills, hands-on experience and the academic network at °”ÍűTV that led to her mentorship, Cree was able to use the skills necessary to portray her research effectively and ultimately win Best in Session.

“I am very passionate about the data I have spent two years collecting and love to share my results with others,” said Cree. “It is especially rewarding when people are just as excited about my research as I am. SVURS is a great opportunity to share research, gain new insight and meet fellow undergraduate students in various fields.”

Other °”ÍűTV faculty mentors and their students include:

• James Briggs, professor of psychology – Madison Spencer ’28
• Jennifer Carter, associate professor of physics – Isabella Parra ’26 and Sami Zain ’26
• Sophie Charvet, assistant professor of biology – Derick Blair ’28, Brynleigh Fehrenbach ’27, Ysabella Marin ’27 and Joy Smith ’27
• Jennifer Elick, associate professor and co-department head of earth & environmental sciences – Ainslee Binkley ’26 and EmmaLia Ciccarello ’27
• Siohban Fathel, assistant professor of earth & environmental sciences – Evan Heisler ’26
• Michael Parra, associate professor of chemistry – Ross Mahler ’28 and Gabby Wagner ’26
• Samya Zain, professor of physics – Eric Belfanti ’26

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“On Senior Scholars Day, we lift up one of the most important characteristics of °”ÍűTV, which is that is that our students have the opportunity to present project as the synthesis of the work that they have done within their majors and alongside their professors,” said University President Jonathan Green. “This event is a great signal to prospective students about the value of a °”ÍűTV education, and I thank our senior scholars for being ideal exemplars of that.”

Physics major assesses wind tunnel efficiency

Huber-Feely ’24, a physics major and mathematics minor from Sewanee, Tennessee, sought to determine the efficiency of a wind tunnel that was built on campus nearly 20 years ago. The goal of Huber-Feely’s project was to determine if the wind tunnel would benefit from the addition of a Venturi cone, a device that helps control the flow of air.

“Before making changes, I found the wind tunnel consistently provided good conditions for testing high-speed airflow, with air moving faster than in the updated system. However, the airflow wasn’t always steady, which caused turbulence,” Huber-Feely explained. “My research suggests that while adding the cone improved overall performance, it also slowed down the airflow.

“This means both options — with and without the cone — are good for different types of testing,” he said. “We can use the cone for bigger models and take it out for smaller ones that require faster testing speeds.”

Huber-Feely’s research on °”ÍűTV’s wind tunnel lays the groundwork for future student research in physics and paired perfectly with his longtime interest in motorsports, specifically Formula 1. A student in °”ÍűTV’s 3+2 engineering program and an ROTC cadet, Huber-Feely plans to defer his enrollment in Washington University in St. Louis’ engineering program until after he has served his military service. He will be commissioned in May into active-duty field artillery with a branch detail to military intelligence. After completing the program, Huber-Feely hopes to begin a career with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory or Lockheed Martin.

Economics major examines factors influencing rookie NFL salaries

Have you ever wondered how National Football League teams determine how much to pay their players? Brian Strother ’24, an economics major from Levittown, Pennsylvania, set out to determine just that by looking into what variables may have an impact on the first-year income of 2022 NFL draftees.

“I originally wanted to look at how injuries affect salaries, but as I did more research, I realized there were more significant factors at play,” Strother said.

Strother examined pick number, height, weight, age, games played, years as a starter, injury count, and rushing attempts, yards and touchdowns for several hundred defensive and offensive players and quarterbacks.

He also looked at receptions, solo tackles, interceptions and sacks for defensive players; receptions for offensive players; and pass attempts, passing yards, touchdowns and interceptions for quarterbacks.

Not surprisingly, he found that the lower the player’s pick number the higher that player’s salary. He also found that years played as a starter (in college) significantly impacted a player’s NFL salary — by $4.7 million for defensive players, $4 million for offensive players and $8.4 million for quarterbacks.

In the case of quarterbacks, years played as a starter, combined with value added by rushing attempts and value lost by the player’s pick number, accounted for 99% of the player’s salary, with the remainder determined by other factors.

Strother, a former high school football player, said his research deepened his interest in data analytics, a career he plans to pursue upon graduation.

Student uses radar to uncover °”ÍűTV’s lost building

Yazmin O’Neal-Sloane ’24, an earth & environmental sciences major from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, dug into °”ÍűTV’s history when she used ground-penetrating radar to search for remnants of Gustavus Adolphus Hall. The building once stood on the land between Bogar and Selinsgrove halls — and its remains now lie below it after the building was destroyed by fire in 1964.

“I wanted the opportunity to learn how to use ground-penetrating radar, and this idea appealed to me because it allowed me to explore some of the history of °”ÍűTV,” she said.

O’Neal-Sloane began her research with an interview with Donald Housley, professor emeritus of history at °”ÍűTV, who shared the details of the Nov. 9, 1964, fire. It is believed to have started in the basement of the building due to faulty wiring. Firefighters, assisted by the students themselves, fought the blaze for more than three hours until fire ultimately broke through the building’s roof.

Using ground-penetrating radar, O’Neal-Sloane discovered the entire south wall of the building, remnants of the stair foundation and fragments of a protruding entrance — all buried about 30 inches below the ground’s surface.

Weather was O’Neal-Sloane’s biggest challenge.

“The GPR is very sensitive to water and moisture,” she said. “Even leaves can present a problem, so it took some time to find a day in February in which weather conditions allowed us to do the work.”

Having grown up in the Cumberland Valley, O’Neal-Sloane said she was always interested in understanding the water systems around her and how the surrounding mountains were formed. She hopes to pursue a career with Pennsylvania’s departments of forestry or agriculture.

History major studies Gettysburg’s Civil War monuments

Gettysburg National Military Park is home to more than 1,300 monuments commemorating the pivotal Civil War battle. James Welsh ’24, a history major from Hackettstown, New Jersey, set out to determine the meaning behind when the U.S. chose to start erecting those monuments.

Funding for Gettysburg’s monuments began through grassroots fund-raising, Welsh said. Later, individual states that fought in the battle contributed $1,000 per regiment — a formula that naturally determined larger monuments for states with greater representation at the battle.

The majority of the monuments at Gettysburg were placed between the 1880s and 1920s. Welsh compared this to Revolutionary War monuments and found that the majority of those were also erected during the same years.

“Prior to the Civil War, few monuments were built to commemorate the past,” Welsh said. “The rise of Union and Confederate organizations from the 1880s to the 1920s allowed for the dedication of Gettysburg monuments, providing future Americans with the symbolic sources needed to learn and understand the history — not only of Gettysburg but of the way historic preservation plays a role in American history.”

Following graduation, Welsh has plans to work at Waterloo Village Historic Site, Stanhope, New Jersey, with an ultimate goal to return to Gettysburg National Military Park as a historian.

How humor impacts mental health

Gallows humor is the use of “dark” jokes to alleviate the pressure in a likely already difficult situation. Pat Cross ’24, a psychology major from Middletown, New Jersey, wanted to find out how humor impacts mental health.

“Humor serves as a powerful tool, bringing people together, offering an emotional release in times of stress and even aiding in coping with difficult situations,” he said. “We wanted to know whether those experiencing poorer mental health lean toward darker humor as a coping mechanism, while those with better mental health gravitate toward lighter, more carefree jokes.”

Cross and his co-researchers drafted their own dark and light jokes. Though they found no significant interaction between self-reported mental health status and humor choice, they did find that overall, those who reported poor mental health tended to like light and dark humor.

“I think that just tells us that humor in general can be a helpful coping tool when facing the trials of life,” Cross said.

Cross plans to attend graduate school after graduation on his way to a career in organizational psychology.

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“The stars were of particular interest because my grandfather was an amateur astronomer,” she said.

Carter, assistant professor of physics, eventually turned her attention to deep space. Her latest research describes a new method of estimating the thermal emissions of exoplanets, or planets outside the solar system.

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, Carter’s research investigated what can be learned from tiny changes detected in the light emitted from star systems that are light years away from Earth.

“We know that some areas of Earth are warmer than others based on their location, the time of year and the time of day,” Carter explained. “My research investigates a computer model I designed that estimates the same sorts of temperature differences on distant exoplanets. The temperature differences will create predictable changes to the light we see.”

To predict temperature changes in these exoplanets, Carter devised a model that divides the surface of a planet into a series of bullseye-like rings. Carter used exoplanet data, along with her computer model, to estimate the temperature of the rings across the surface of the planet.

Carter’s interest in exoplanets began when she was in graduate school; her doctoral program advisor asked her to study data that implied the night side, or dark side, of an exoplanet was actually brighter than the side facing the host star. This did not make sense to Carter, so she began researching and found that the light reflected off exoplanets should not be estimated without also factoring in the light emitted while warm. From this, she began to question the other effects of exoplanet emissions.

In 2020, Carter was awarded a grant from the American Association of University Women to pursue her exoplanet research. The funds from the grant allowed her to purchase software, attend the 238^th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, and support a °”ÍűTV student researcher, Michelle Arrigo ’22. Arrigo went on to present her and Carter’s research at the American Physics Society in March 2022, where she was named the Top Undergraduate Presenter.

The pair’s research concluded that, while the sensitivity of their data was not precise enough to accurately measure how exoplanet temperatures directly affect the brightness of star systems, their results do suggest many ways to improve Carter’s model in the future, a prospect that excites Carter.

“It is my hope that the model I created adds to the toolbox exoplanet scientists use,” Carter said. “As more advanced and precise ways of measuring the light from distant objects are developed, my model will provide more nuanced results than the approximations currently used for thermal emissions in exoplanet science.”

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“There will always be people that bring you down. Our job is to find people around us who will support us and help us achieve our goals in life.”

When Samya Zain was furthering her education in physics, most women in her native Pakistan did not pursue higher education, especially after they were married. However, Zain was married and had a 3-month-old child, something some of her male classmates took issue with.

“One of my male classmates even told me that I had wasted a seat that should have been a boy’s seat at the physics department in the university,” Zain remembered, “and that I should stay at home and take care of my child.”

Zain grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, the youngest of four and the only girl. When she married at 18, her father had one request for Zain’s new husband: “Make sure she gets all of the education she wants.” It was an unusual attitude for the time, Zain admits, but her father insisted she have every opportunity available to her brothers.

Zain’s father sent her to the best school for girls in Pakistan. Her father, both grandfathers and great-grandfather were all medical doctors, and it was important to her father that Zain also earn a doctorate.

“My father was okay if I did not earn a medical degree, but he did want me to get ‘Dr.’ in my name,” Zain said.

After completing her undergraduate work at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, Zain, along with her husband and then 4-year-old son, came to the United States and received her master’s degree in physics from the University at Albany-State University of New York in 2001. She earned the coveted credential, a doctorate in experimental particle physics, in 2006.

“I was always interested in how the universe works. In middle school, I discovered the atom and that was it — I knew then I wanted to study physics,” she explained. “Everything since then was intentionally chosen to lead me to study more and more of the universe.”

Zain said her father’s support “absolutely” contributed to where she is now, but she appreciates that not all students are as lucky. When it comes to first-generation college students, Zain hypothesized some parents may lack the knowledge of how to best support their child. For those students, she suggests they find advisors and professors who will help them and show them how to succeed in their chosen field.

Zain knows being a woman in STEM is not always an easy career, but she also acknowledges that there are people who can make any career a challenge.

“One of the best things for anyone pursuing STEM to do in the face of such challenges is to continue to work and ignore what goes on around you. There will always be people that bring you down. Our job is to find people around us who will support us and help us achieve our goals in life,” she said. “Please continue to work hard. Your goals are your own personal goals. All we can do is live up to our own expectations.”

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Peggy Peeler leads Women in STEM group for female science majors

It would be hard to find an SU biology major from the past 33 years who did not know the inimitable Peggy Peeler.

She arrived at °”ÍűTV in 1989 as the first female biology professor at SU and only one of two female science professors, something Peeler said was not at all unusual. She was used to seeing few, if any, female science professors as a student and said giving SU students the chance to see a woman in a position of authority in STEM made her “feel a little bit like a groundbreaker.”

“I was aware that I would need to be a role model for these women, and I recognized the importance of my students being able to see me in the lab and teaching while pregnant,” said Peeler, now Charles B. Degenstein Professor of Biology. “It was good that they were able to see that they could have a family and work in this field.”

“Working in the STEM field for my whole career gave me understanding of the importance of supporting women at the beginning of the careers,” Peeler said. And it was that understanding that led her to collaborate with an interdepartmental group of faculty to start SU’s Women in STEM program in 2016.

Peeler runs the Women in STEM program, which currently has over 50 members. So far this year, they have hosted a panel discussion with students who participated in summer research experiences or internships and a discussion with Karol Weaver, professor of history and faculty coordinator for fellowship advising, about fellowships for STEM majors. Peeler is also planning a workshop with Christiana Paradis, Title IX coordinator, on combating sexism in the STEM workplace. Women in STEM also participates in SU’s annual Break Through professional networking event in February with a lunch/discussion that focuses on work/life balance issues with female alumni who work in STEM fields.

The goal of the program is to prepare women for careers in a workforce that has traditionally been a male-dominated space and to support them as female-identifying students studying in challenging majors. Though STEM fields are still male-dominated, Peeler noted how far the field has come since she entered it. “It is remarkable how unremarkable women science professors have become,” she said.

Peeler said she tries to be a mentor and has had students and alumni tell her they view her as one. This year all four of her senior capstone students are women and have participated in the Women in STEM program. In the spring, they will enter a world very different from the one in which Peeler began her career.

Erin Rhinehart flips the script on who ‘does science’

Nineteenth century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is credited with saying, “The problem is not so much to see what nobody has yet seen, as to think what nobody has yet thought concerning that which everybody sees.”

It is a sentiment that comes to mind when talking to °”ÍűTV’s Professor of Biology Erin Rhinehart as she describes one of her assignments in the Introduction to Physiology course she created and teaches.

As a woman in STEM, Rhinehart is all too aware that when asked to name a prominent or influential scientist most people tend to name a white male.

“This is largely because we are constantly bombarded with consistent, stereotyped images about what type of person ‘does science.’ In most science courses and textbooks, even a Google search, the people given credit for major scientific advancements almost exclusively are white males,” Rhinehart said. “Whether or not this lack of diverse representations of scientists registers consciously, the impact is clear and consistent. Therefore, it is important that STEM faculty recognize the impact of this messaging and develop mechanisms to combat it.”

So when Rhinehart assigned her students to write a biography on a scientist, she required they choose from a list of women and people of color who have made and are making incredible contributions to science. The assignment required they write a paper and give an oral presentation to the class about the scientist’s personal life, career trajectory and scientific contributions, along with a discussion about how the student related to the scientist personally.

“To assess the assignment’s impact on students’ belief in scientist stereotypes, I conducted a pre- and post-course survey, which showed a significant shift in students believing scientists are predominantly white and male,” Rhinehart said. Focus group assessment also revealed that the assignment improved student identification with people in science-related careers.

Rhinehart also noted a shift in the number of students who said they could relate to scientists personally. For many women and individuals of color in STEM, the scientists they learn about do not seem relatable. Even many of the systems students learn about in scientific disciplines are named after white men. Worse, the history of scientific accomplishments is spattered with examples of white men using women and minorities as unwilling or unwitting guinea pigs.

All of these factors make the widespread introduction of projects such as Rhinehart’s across STEM disciplines crucial, she said.

“It’s good for students to see many women on the faculty in STEM, especially because STEM still isn’t friendly for women,” Rhinehart said. “Luckily, °”ÍűTV is an outlier and fosters a good environment for women in STEM. People need a good environment to succeed, which makes highlighting diversity in STEM and creating an environment in which everyone belongs and can be successful so important.”

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“I used the thesis as my starting point,” Mabry said from the °”ÍűTV lab. “Dr. Hansell wanted me to understand the project, and I wanted to understand particle physics.”

A few years ago, Assistant Professor of Physics Adam Hansell was one of about 80 graduate students creating a grid of large devices that detected muons — decayed particles produced when cosmic rays collide with the atmosphere — and their interference with signals near a nuclear reactor.

“This summer, I wanted to make smaller, more accessible devices while providing a learning opportunity where students can take complete ownership and build their confidence,” Hansell said. “At the end, I wanted the students to say, ‘We did this.’”

One of the first skills Mabry had to master was “soldering tiny, tiny pieces to a circuit board.” Assembling and testing the circuit board for the pocket-sized detector included varying amounts of troubleshooting along the way. The LED display flashes every time a cosmic ray goes through the detector, and readings can be compiled on a data card.

Charged with building a protective case for the circuit board, Mandy McLaughlin ’23 did not have precise measurements to reference; instead, she had to work from a 3D printer diagram and scale it to size — while also learning 3D schematics and slicing techniques.

“This was my first time working with a 3D printer,” McLaughlin said. “I had to do a lot of research on my own to build the prototype. After problem-solving, printing additional models and sometimes adjusting miniscule drill holes by 1 millimeter, the box fit perfectly.”

McLaughlin is developing a 3D-printing specifications guide for the detector, and the team plans to share it with Spencer Axani, author of the thesis paper and research assistant at MIT.

Looking ahead to next year, Hansell aims to build more detectors — enough to make a grid and measure the angles at which cosmic rays come in — and test materials that can act as a shield.

“At this size, most of the components cost pennies to build,” Hansell said. “We can scale up production, and attach detectors to a drone to measure cosmic rays at different heights and temperatures and across varying levels of barometric pressure.”

McLaughlin, a physics major in the 3+2 engineering program, will be at one of the partnering schools pursuing her master’s degree by then, but Mabry said he is “interested in taking it a step further next summer.” He added that he appreciated Hansell’s hands-off approach, saying, “He offered support and was there if I needed him, but he treated it like it was my research, which I liked.”

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Many experimental psychology studies involving animals make use of equipment designed to produce small electrical stimuli to investigate various responses. Much of this equipment, along with the software that runs it, can be expensive. In collaboration with James Briggs, chair and associate professor of psychology, Conley and Needham have been building an alternative device using inexpensive open-source processing boards to accomplish the same effect.

Plans are for the customizable device to allow for experimentation options beyond what might be available with standard commercial equipment. However, instead of fine-tuning their device, they’re currently trying to determine what went wrong.

“We’re taking it apart piece by piece and going back to square one,” Needham, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, explained. “We’ll add one relay switch at a time and hopefully determine where the problem is.”

Though this hiccup may be irritating, Carl Faust, chair and associate professor of physics, said it’s a good lesson to learn.

“This is what research is all about, and learning to troubleshoot is a valuable skill,” he said. “You develop this physics intuition of sorts, but it’s something you build up over time and this is a great way to do it.”

Conley and Needham, both physics majors with mathematics minors, said their time in the lab this summer has opened their minds to the career opportunities ahead of them, something that was beginning to weigh on Needham’s mind.

“You take all of these classes and they’re super fun and you have a great time, but you wonder, how do I apply this to a career,” Needham said. “Now I’m considering three separate tracks — maybe a master’s in electrical engineering or general physics or possibly going into STEM education.”

Conley, too, is considering various paths — from astrophysics to engineering.

“I used to be dead set on a career with NASA,” she said, “but this experience has broadened my horizons.”

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The senior guard from New York, New York, Yurasits has developed from a player who came oïŹ€ the bench his ïŹrst year to the team’s leading scorer – hitting 1,000 points in his final season, a feat he was able to pull off in only three years.

While his accomplishments in O.W. Houts Gymnasium are impressive, even more impressive is Yurasits’ commitment in the classroom, as noted by his honors as Landmark Men’s Basketball and

A double major in chemistry and physics through °”ÍűTV’s 3+2 engineering program, Yurasits maintains a 3.94 grade point average and has gained membership into honor societies for chemistry, entrepreneurship, math and physics. He is also an active member of °”ÍűTV’s Student Athlete Advisory Council.

“I think the thing I am most proud of is being an Academic All-American. It really showed the amount of work I have put in and the foundation I created for myself before I even came to °”ÍűTV,” Yurasits said. “That award really showed all my work was recognized and that it paid off in the long run.”

Not that it has always been easy. °”ÍűTV’s 3+2 engineering program is academically demanding, and Yurasits was instrumental in the men’s basketball team clinching the 2022 . Mastering time management has been key.

“I always felt that athletics has kept me in line with my time management because I know that if I have practice or a game and work to do, I have to really plan my time,” he said. “I would always have a checklist of my assignments or plans to make sure that I could check them off. Basketball always kept me from procrastinating.”

Yurasits also has a heart for service. During the peak of the pandemic, he volunteered at a kitchen in upstate New York prepping meals and delivering food to people struggling to consistently provide for their families, whether it was due to job layoïŹ€s or lack of resources as a result of Covid-19 shutdowns.

“I’d say understanding my privilege in life is what has motivated me to want to help others,” Yurasits said. “Growing up in New York City playing basketball and going from court to court, I saw a lot of guys who haven’t had it as well as I’ve had.”

Coach acknowledged the correlation between Yurasits’ character oïŹ€ the court and his success on it.

“Lukas is a winner,” Marcinek said. “He’s a winner as a person; he’s a winner in the classroom; he’s a winner on the court.”

Yurasits plans to pursue a degree in engineering at either Columbia University or Washington University of St. Louis in the fall. He hopes to parlay his love of sports with his degree in engineering.

“I want to focus on material science engineering. My dream job would be to engineer sneakers for athletes,” he said. “I want to help develop or create new materials that not only have more function and are supportive, but also are sustainable and more environmentally friendly.”

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“My assignment involves coding with Python and Jupyter (programming languages) to analyze tracks of energy in charge-coupled device sensors left by the subatomic particles passing through them,” she said.

McMahon said that at the beginning of her internship, she was afraid to make mistakes, but quickly changed her mindset.

“Internships are supposed to teach us, either about the subject, about our future careers or about ourselves,” she said. “My mentor said his goal for me was to ‘not hate science’ at the end of my internship, and I don’t think I will, but learning during an internship that something isn’t for you can be valuable, too.”

The internship satisfies McMahon’s interest in astrophysics and she hopes it will help direct her postgraduate plans.

“As I am undecided as to what my career will fully entail, having the opportunity to see what’s out there in my chosen field is extremely valuable,” she said. “This internship gives me the chance to explore one option and narrow my range of interests.”

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The Newman Civic Fellowship is a year-long program for students from Campus Compact member institutions. The students selected for the fellowship are leaders on their campuses who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally and internationally.

Nabiyev is active in °”ÍűTV’s Student Government Association. Last year, he served as the SGA liaison for sustainability, through which he worked closely with the university’s sustainability coordinator and sustainability committee. His work with the committee demonstrated his ability to engage with university leadership and represent diverse student views, while also disseminating information to his SGA peers and the entire campus community.

The staff at °”ÍűTV’s Johnson Center for Civic Engagement regularly work with Nabiyev in advancing community engagement efforts through sustainability initiatives and opportunities for community service. He worked closely with campus staff to increase awareness of and participation in the annual Eco Challenge initiative. Last year, Nabiyev also proposed new opportunities for students to participate locally in the Black Lives Matter movement.

The fellowship is named for the late Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact’s founders, who was a tireless advocate for civic engagement in higher education. In the spirit of Dr. Newman’s leadership, Campus Compact member presidents and chancellors nominate student leaders from their campuses to be named Newman Civic Fellows.

Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides Fellows with a variety of learning and networking opportunities that emphasize personal, professional and civic growth. Each year, fellows participate in numerous virtual training and networking opportunities to help provide them with the skills and connections they need to create large-scale positive change. The cornerstone of the fellowship is the Annual Convening of Fellows, which offers intensive skill-building and networking over the course of two days. The fellowship also provides fellows with pathways to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.

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