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Two Schar School biodefense PhD students won competitive fellowships with a renowned program. See who they are.

Cindy Smith, a professor in �鶹��Ƶ's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, took her EVPP 302 Biomes and Human Dimensions students to a composting facility last fall to give them a front-row seat for food and yard waste recycling.

A team of student fellows at �鶹��Ƶ Korea's Center for Security and Policy Studies received a grant from �鶹��Ƶ to support their research on improving water quality in Incheon's Seunggi-cheon stream.

�鶹��Ƶ bioengineering student Andy Gomez is a busy guy. Not only is he working on a year-long internship with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), he is also a part-time clinical research assistant at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute.

When business major Kyle Samuel went to �鶹��Ƶ’s Fall 2023 Career Fair with a list of companies to speak with, he didn’t realize he would land an internship that would kickstart his career.

Meet Bo Galles, our Costello MS in Real Estate Development Student Ambassador, who brings his experience as a retail broker at KLNB, specializing in pad sites and new construction projects. He encourages aspiring candidates to join industry organizations like NAIOP and attend networking events to build valuable connections.

This past season, soccer player James Eliuda has solidified himself as an integral piece to the best season George �鶹��Ƶ’s soccer program has had since joining the A-10 conference.

At 15 years old, Goonatilake is poised to become the youngest graduate in �鶹��Ƶ history with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). This computer science prodigy from Leesburg, Virginia, is doing things at his own speed and far outpacing societal norms.

When Daksha Magesh came to �鶹��Ƶ as a freshman in 2021, she already had an impressive resumé. The Honors College student was working for federal prosecutor Manka Dhingra of the 45th District from her hometown of Seattle, Washington. Magesh says that’s where her interest in law comes from.

Graduating computer science major Dhyeya “Dee” Padhya worked in the University Career Services office during his time at George �鶹��Ƶ and was featured on the cover of this year’s Career Readiness Guide.

Graduating psychology student Caroline Little said she grew up at �鶹��Ƶ. “I have grown from a child to an adult at George �鶹��Ƶ in ways I could have never thought possible. I came here a teenager, and left here a married mother of two,” said Little. Little, who will travel from Alabama to address her fellow graduates as the 2024 Winter Commencement Student Speaker, will welcome her second child, Isabella, this winter. 

Third-year �鶹��Ƶ LIFE student Madison Schittig contributes her unique visual point of view as a photography intern with George �鶹��Ƶ's Office of University Branding.