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Junior Fellowship: Arielle Trakhtenberg

Emmeline Chan, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

For her Kutler Center Junior Fellowship project, Arielle Trakhtenberg ’25 visited Krakow, Poland to work for a number of organizations that help Ukrainian refugees who have fled the country since the...

Junior Fellowship: Ashley Ham

Luca Gonzalez, Assistant News Editor
September 4, 2024

The Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program awarded Ashley Ham ’25 a $4,000 grant to travel to South Korea to research ceramics, specifically onggi pottery and its significance in both ancient and modern...

Junior Fellowship: Sam Cleland

Kara Jazaeri, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

Sam Cleland ’25 visited New Orleans  to research the connection between Black American culture and jazz music for his Kutler Center Junior Summer Fellowship project, titled “Jazz in the Big Easy:...

Junior Fellowship: Shiara Navarro

Audrey Herrera, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

Shiara Navarro ’25 received a Kutler Center Senior Fellowship grant for her project, “The Mayan Train: The Environmental Impacts of Expanding Cultural Tourism in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.” The...

Junior Fellowship: Anaya Olivas

Oona Sawyer, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

As a participant of the Kutler Center Junior Summer Fellowships, Anaya Olivas ’25 traveled to South Africa to study the cultural contrasts between post-Apartheid South Africa and the U.S. post-segregation. ...

Junior Fellowship: Saisha Kumar

Angel Song, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

Features Section Editor Saisha Kumar ’25 visited a community of denotified tribes in India as a participant in the Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program.  Kumar said she learned about this community...

Junior Fellowship: Sasha Gadalov

Tali Gurule, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

Sasha Gadalov ’25 visited villages in Alaska  to study a religious group’s assimilation to modern American culture for her Junior Fellowship. The group, called the Old Believers, follows the traditional...

Lee poses with rural Tanzanian citizens influenced by microfinance. Printed with permission of Iona Lee.

Junior Fellowship: Iona Lee

William Liu
August 27, 2023

Print Managing Editor Iona Lee ’24 studied the effects of microfinance on rural women in Tanzania this summer as a participant in the Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program. Lee's project focused...

Julia Im '23 poses in front of the Hacienda Hotel in San Diego. Im traveled back and forth between  Korea and the U.S. for her fellowship.

Junior Fellowship: Julia Im

Eden Conner
September 5, 2022

Julia Im ’23 traveled back and forth between Korea and the U.S. for her Junior Fellowship to study Hwabyeong, a syndrome found in Korean women that is caused by culture-bound anger. Im said Hwabyeong...

Hannah Messaye '23 interviews an Ethiopian woman who helps lead the Ethiopian Community in Britain.

Junior Fellowship: Hannah Messaye

William Liu
September 2, 2022

Hannah Messaye ’23 studied the Ethiopian diaspora in London and Rome this summer as a participant in the Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program. Her project, titled "Out the Cradle of Civilization,"...

Jessica Thompson '23 poses with DJ Khalil.

Junior Fellowship: Jessica Thompson

Connor Tang
September 1, 2022

Jessica Thompson ’23 visited New York to learn about the Black community’s impact on the music industry. Thompson interviewed Atlantic Records Vice President Riggs Morales, hip-hop star DJ Khaled and...

Ella Watkins '22 and Olivia Sparks '22 gaze upward during their Junior Fellowship at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

Junior Fellowship: Ella Watkins and Olivia Sparks

Natasha Speiss and Ella Yadegar
September 9, 2021

The Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program selected Ella Watkins ’22 and Olivia Sparks ’22 for their project "Shades of Brown: A Visual & Written Portfolio Capturing the Black Experience in America...

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