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Graduate Resident Fellow (GRF)

Kushal’s path to Cornell has spanned continents and disciplines, unified by a single driving question: how can evidence-driven innovation change the lives of people facing the world’s toughest challenges? Today, as a PhD student in Applied Economics, he explores this through research linking new farming technologies to better livelihoods for smallholder farmers in South Asia.

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Cornell University’s Chief Information Officer, Adjunct Instructor, and Doctoral Advisor

As Cornell University's Chief Information Officer, Ben works across Cornell's locations in Ithaca, New York State, and Cornell Tech in New York City to guide technology services, security, and strategy.

Undergraduate Resident Fellow (URF)

Aditya Mittal is a Computer Science and Information Science student at Cornell University, an Eagle Scout, and a software engineer. He has interned at Apple and Toyota, where he worked on practical software solutions and engineering challenges. He is an aspiring startup founder who enjoys building useful technology and learning from real-world problems.

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Undergraduate Resident Fellow (URF)

Hello! My name is Emily Rambo, and I am excited to be an Undergraduate Resident Fellow (URF) this year! I am a junior studying Health Care Policy at the Brooks School of Public Policy. This past summer, I worked in New Jersey state government while also serving as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) with my rescue squad.

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Graduate Resident Fellow (GRF)

Ayaj Rana is a PhD candidate at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), where he studies how technological and institutional change reshapes the organization of expert work. Before moving to Ithaca, he earned a Master of Public Policy at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies as a Fulbright scholar.

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Meinig Family Professor of Engineering Emeritus

Wolfgang Sachse was born in Berlin, Germany and immigrated to the US with his family as a young boy.

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Chair & Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science

Professor Suman Seth works on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of science and medicine.

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Barbara McClintock Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

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Vice Dean and Radice Family Professor of Law

Chantal Thomas is Vice Dean and the Radice Family Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where she also serves as the Director of the Cornell Center for Global Economic Justice, and as Faculty Director for

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Undergraduate Resident Fellow (URF)

Drew is a returning URF for Alice Cook House located in Boldt Hall. He is currently a senior studying Information Science, and an engineer of the Cornell Autoboat Project team, responsible for designing the real-time computer vision pipeline the boat uses to navigate the water.