HUMANS OF OISS! Welcome Valerie
“Hi everyone! My name is Valerie, and I'm a junior in Pierson double majoring in Cognitive Science and S&DS. Aside from academics, I also spend a lot of time being a plant mom and writing songs (here's a short song I wrote!)
HUMANS OF OISS! Welcome Gamze
Today we introduce you to Maddy Tessier-Kay, the last (but certainly not least) member of our Orientation Team!
This week, help us welcome Robin (Yajie) Wang to our Orientation Team!
“I hold a B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. I was a Yenching Scholar in Chinese Public Policy at Peking University. I also hold a MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, UK. At Yale, I am currently a second-year PhD student in Political Science while working on my Masters degree in Statistics. I specialize in political economy and quantitative research method.
Today, we introduce you to Kay Ellison, another member of our amazing Orientation Team!
Over the next four weeks, we will introduce you to this year's Orientation Assistants (OAs) for our Graduate & Professional Students. Our OAs are here to help incoming G&P students, and will be posting regularly on our CampusGroups page with tips and advice for the new class! Help us welcome each of them to the OISS team.
Our last featured portrait of the summer is of Mehmet Adin, a scholar at the Yale School of Medicine.
“Growing up in a small countryside town in Turkey, I was fascinated with living creatures. Be it observing a caterpillar transforming into a beautiful butterfly, or the body of an ordinary animal, I was always observing and investigating their mystery. In my adolescence, this fervent curiosity about the natural world evolved into a passion for the study of human body.
