We're so proud of Ji Su, an international student from the Yale School of Music YSM '20, who has just been awarded a prestigious award, the Avery Fisher Career Grant!
The program's press release states that the grant is “designed to give professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalists, as well as chamber ensembles, who … have great potential for major careers.”
Congratulations Ji! We're so proud of you #humansofoiss
Meet Chinenye, our #humansofOISS this week!
Q. Where are you from and what are you doing here?
My name is Chinenye Okafor, and I come from Nigeria, and I'm here at Yale doing a Masters of Public Health. I graduate this year!!
Q. What is your favorite thing about where you come from?
My favorite thing about Nigeria is the multicultural setting! I love the variety in foods, the richness of tradition, and the varying and intriguing perspectives of the people.
For this week's #humansofOISS edition, we talked to Julia Hwang, a MMA student at @yale.music , and originally from Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Q: Julia, is there something people from the U.S. frequently get wrong about your home country?
A: I think that the common perceptions people have about the UK are all right, unfortunately - it does rain a lot, yes, and we get very excited by the slightest show of snow.
