SIG Stipend Recipient at the Cancer Policy Institute
Ben Schwartz ’18, is from San Diego, California. He is double majoring in Neurobiology and Religious Studies. This summer, I interned with the Cancer Policy Institute (CPI) at the Cancer Support Community. Based in Washington DC, the Cancer Policy Institute strives to both examine current bills that relate to cancer treatment and research as well as develop original policy […]
Meet a SIG Member: Alexis Kallen
Alexis Kallen ’18, is from Camarillo, California. She is majoring in Political Science and Gender Studies, and is currently serving as SIG’s inaugural Director of Community Service. In what ways has SIG contributed to your undergraduate experience on campus? SIG has given me a solid community and a place to really take initiative, which has helped […]
McCain Meets With SIG Board
Ryan Holmdahl is a sophomore studying Computer Science and Philosophy. He is currently the Director of Programming Strategy in SIG. At a meeting with Hoover mentees, CISAC Honors students, and members of the SIG Board, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke broadly on today’s political scene before taking […]
The Mumbai Local
Sri Muppidi ’17, is from Pleasanton, California and is currently a junior studying Economics and Creative Writing. She interned at the Economic Policy and Research Division in the Reserve Bank of India through a SIG fellowship, conducting research on the costs of inward remittances to India, the largest receiver of remittances in the world. Below, she writes […]
Technology, Design, and Innovation in Geneva
Anna Blue ’16, is an International Relations major from Washington D.C. She is SIG’s Vice Chair of Programming for the 2015-2016 school year. Previously, she served as Director for SIG’s Public Policy Forum. This summer, Anna interned as a SIG fellow at the Innovation Section of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. After my summer at the U.S. State Department last summer […]
The Taste of Humanitarian Aid
Monica Chan ’17, a mechanical engineering major from Singapore, interned as a SIG fellow at the Shelter and Settlement Section of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. Her internship combined her passions for engineering, international relations and public service, and she wrote a poem reflecting on her experience.