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Jessie Scarlett

Student Snapshot: Jessie Scarlett ’22

Neuroscience major Jessie Scarlett '22 is sharpening skills in clinical research, rock climbing, leadership, improv and more.

Jacqueline Curtis '22

Student Snapshot: Jacquelyn Curtis ’22

Learn more about Jacquelyn Curtis ’22, a biochemistry & molecular biology and neuroscience double major who's preparing for a medical career after Dickinson.

Irem Ozturk

Student Snapshot: Irem Ozturk ’22

Learn how student-faculty cancer research, internships with leading health care providers and close mentoring relationships with faculty are preparing Irem Ozturk ’22 for a future in medicine.

Jessie Scarlett

Dickinson Students Flourish in Summer Internships

Across the country, and the globe, Dickinson students engaged in a wide variety of summer internships.

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Neuroscience Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2021

Graduating neuroscience majors launch careers in health care and are accepted into graduate programs at Columbia University and Brandeis University.

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Student Research & Writing Honored With Annual Prizes

Exploration of a wide range of topics inspires impressive research papers and essays.

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Student Snapshot: Tao Xu ’21

Meet Tao Xu ’21, a Student Senate officer, tour guide and scholarship awardee from China who’s interned at two medical colleges so far.

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Neuroscience Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2020

Neuroscience majors launch jobs in health care and medical research and are accepted into graduate programs at the Mayo Clinic, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and Villanova University.

Justina Warnick '20 (neuroscience, Spanish) has researched neurodegenerative disease and the relationship between exercise and addiction. She recently earned a full-tuition scholarship to medical school.

Student Snapshot: Justina Warnick '20

"Dickinson provided me with the best mentors," says Justina Warnick ’20, who researched neurodegenerative disease and addiction and will attend med school on full scholarship.

“Luckily for me, Dickinson offers the definition of a liberal-arts education. I’m supported in following both my passions.” Meet Lucy Papile ’21, a neuroscience major and creative writer who plans a career in wilderness therapy.

Student Snapshot: Lucille Papile ’21

Lucille Papile ’21 is a published essayist-poet and neuroscience major who plans a career in wilderness therapy. She discusses her love of writing and her favorite experiences at Dickinson so far.

Katie Koczirka '20 is spending her summer as an intern at the Boston Children's Hospital, where she's building her lab techniques and skills while working alongside professional researchers.

Internship Spotlight: Katie Koczirka '20, Boston Children's Hospital

Katie Koczirka '20 is spending her summer as an intern at the Boston Children's Hospital, where she's sharpening her lab skills while working alongside professional cancer researchers.

Michael Murphy '20

The Mind-Body Connection

Meet Michael Murphy ’20, a track-and-field student-athlete majoring in neuroscience who researched telemedicine through an internship at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.

Olivia Lowden '19

Committed to Memory

From neurological research into memory on campus to volunteering in an Alzheimer's clinic in Spain, Olivia Lowden ’19 puts classroom lessons into action around the globe.

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Neuroscience Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2019

Graduating seniors secure jobs in research and medicine and are accepted to graduate programs at Duke, the University of Michigan and Universidad de Málaga.

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