Scholar Names T-Z
Alan Trammell
US University: Wake Forest University
Alan Trammell double-majored in German and Economics at Wake
Forest
University, where he was President of the Wesley Foundation and
Principal Clarinetist in the University Orchestra. Projects among
Central European ethnic minorities, including Germany's Sorbian
community and Latvia's Russian population, have constituted the
focus
of his research. Alan is currently studying Comparative Politics at
the London School of Economics.
Eric Tuttle
US University: California Institute of Technology
Born in Long Beach,
CA, and raised in Seattle, Washington, Eric Tuttle is currently completing a
degree in Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology. In
addition to winning numerous prizes and scholarships, Eric is the Student Body
President, a member of Caltech's fencing team, active in its Theatre Arts
group, and tutors local high school students. His field of interest -
computational and neural systems - is on the cutting edge of scientific inquiry
trying to get computers to function like the human brain without specific step
by step instructions. Eric plans to use his Marshall Scholarship to study
Computational Neuroscience at University College London.
Jada Renee Twedt
US University: Kenyon College
Jada Twedt is a graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio, where she double majored
in Physics and Philosophy, finishing first in her class. At Kenyon, Jada
played Varsity Basketball and Volleyball and served as Vice President of the
local chapter of Circle-K, a national service organization. Her experiences
helping to build an AIDS hospice in Honduras and organizing meals for the
hungry have left a lasting impression. At Oxford Univesity, she will pursue a
second BA in Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology. Deeply influenced by
her professors, Jada hopes to inspire others as a professor of either Physics
or Philosophy at a liberal arts institution like Kenyon!
Daniel Urman
US University: UCLA
Daniel Urman, born and raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated Summa Cum
Laude from UCLA, where he majored in Political Science and History with a
minor in Public Policy. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, while
at UCLA Daniel served as a campus ambassador, tutor, teaching and research
assistant, and student recruiter. Extremely passionate about government
and international affairs, Daniel spent the summer of 1999 as an honors
intern for the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Throughout
college Daniel researched the Arab/Israeli conflict, and traveled to
Israel, Jordan and Egypt in order to witness events firsthand. He served
as Michael Dukakis' Communications Director during the DNC 2000, and led
volunteer efforts for the Democratic Party. Governor Dukakis, a Professor
at UCLA, stated that Daniel "has an infectious enthusiasm. He is a real
leader". Daniel is studying for an MPhil in International Relations at
Oxford University prior to pursuing a career in public service.
Jordan Wales
US University: Swarthmore College
Mr Wales is a Barry
Goldwater Scholar and National Merit Scholar. Along with many other awards he
also was named an AP Scholar with Honor in 1997. He aspires to conduct robotics
research, developing intelligent robots that will be able to understand and
manipulate their physical environment. He will read for a degree combining
psychology, physiology, philosophy and artificial intelligence. Mr Jordan is
seeking to answer the question "how can we differentiate between an advanced
but non-sentient artificial intelligence and a truly conscious computer?" His
past research has been to help build and programme a prize winning robot which
greets guests, moves around in crowded rooms, serves food, and tosses humorous
insults at people.
Jason Wasfy
US University: MIT
MIT chemical engineering student Jason Wasfy of Great Falls,
Virginia,
has a passion for science and health policy. He plans to advance
his
career goals by studying politics at Oxford. He has served as
editor-in-chief of the MIT/Wellesley journal Counterpoint, chairman
of
an MIT student committee on faculty relations, and has written over
50
articles and reports in campus publications. Jason has won the S
Klein Prize for technical writing twice, the Kelly Prize for politics,
and a Burchard scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. His
summer internships include a Howard Hughes fellowship at the National
Cancer Institute, and positions with the National Academies' Institute
of Medicine, with US Senator Conrad Burns (Montana), and with the
Association for Health and Environmental Development in Cairo, Egypt.
He has long-standing interests in tobacco policy, drug development,
women's health, and tele-medicine, particularly in the developing
world.
Ying Wu
US University: Harvard University
New York University valedictorian Ying Wu is
currently in Botswana on a Truman Scholarship, where she is pursuing HIV
clinical research through the Harvard AIDS Institute. Born in Nanjing, China,
she is a resident of Brooklyn, NY. A triple major in biology and romance
languages, she plans to attend medical school after her Marshall scholarship.
With a strong interest in medicine and the disadvantaged, Ying has already
voted with her feet in this regard (NIH, NSF and Howard Hughes summer grants
and her research in Botswana). She plans to pursue development studies at
Sussex or Oxford.
Celina Yong
US University: UC Berkeley
Born in Canada, Celina
moved to Rohnert Park, California, and has just completed her finals for a BS
in Molecular Environmental Biology at UC Berkeley. A professional ballet
dancer; poet; musician; ice-skater; recipient of numerous awards from the
Truman Scholar to one of "America's Top Ten College Women" by Glamour Magazine,
and winner of the Scholastic Award of the Junior Miss USA competition in 1997,
Celina's ultimate aim is to be a doctor, policy-maker and public health
specialist. Currently researching the philology of small snails in coral reefs
in French Polynesia, Celina looks forward to taking up her scholarship to study
public health at Oxford University.
