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Many alumni have shared their stories with the Magnet Foundation over the past several years. Here they are organized by Class Year:
Class of 1989:
First Class
(Summer 2009)
Naomi Cleghorn:
Uncovering Human Origins
(Fall 2014)
Lorrie Cranor:
Usable Privacy
(Winter 2014)
Howard Gobioff:
Remembering Howard
(Spring 2009)
Class of 1990:
Maneesh Agrawala:
MacArthur Genius
(Summer 2012)
Robert Pless:
Windows on the World
(Summer 2013);
Distinguished Alumnus
(Winter 2020)
Craig Rice:
County Leadership
(Fall 2019)
Class of 1991:
Reva Gupta:
Foreign Service
(Winter 2016)
Kevin LeClaire:
Consulting and Photography
(Fall 2011)
Class of 1992:
Matías Duarte:
Design at Google
(Winter 2017)
Hormuzd Katki:
Cancer Risk Models
(Fall 2012)
Patrick Lee:
RottenTomatoes.com
(Spring 2011)
Class of 1993:
Steve Chien:
Silicon Valley Research
(Summer 2013)
Michael Douma:
Ideas on the Web
(Spring 2013)
Helen Fields:
Science Journalist
(Summer 2013)
Danyel Fisher:
Analyzing and Visualizing Big Data
(Fall 2014)
Wei-Hwa Huang:
Puzzle Master
(Winter 2013);
Feeling Puzzled
(Winter 2020)
Aaron Hughes:
Military Cyber Policy
(Spring 2018)
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio:
Climate Change Resilience
(Fall 2013)
David and Ming Tomayko:
High School Sweethearts
(Winter 2013)
Joshua Weitz:
Theoretical Ecology
(Winter 2013);
Distinguished Alumnus
(Winter 2018)
Class of 1994:
Alenda Chang:
Growing Games
(Spring 2014)
Tyrone Giordano:
Theatre Career
(Winter 2014)
Jesse Hahnel:
Teaching and Advocacy
(Summer 2014)
K. Tabetha Hole:
Physics Professor
(Spring 2019)
Aaron Klein:
Economic Policy
(Fall 2019)
Drew Linzer:
Votamatic.org
(Fall 2012)
Emily Schuster:
Dimensions
(Summer 2014)
Meredith TenHoor:
Architectural History
(Winter 2019)
Kasima Tharnpipitchai:
Consulting, Coding, and Comedy
(Spring 2015)
Class of 1995:
Samit Dasgupta:
Algebraic Number Theory
(Fall 2015)
Deirdre Mundy:
Family and Freelance Writing
(Winter 2015)
Nikki Privé:
Climate Science at NASA Goddard
(Spring 2015)
Horace Rhee:
Research and Medicine
(Spring 2015)
Class of 1996:
Amir Caspi:
Chasing the Eclipse
(Fall 2017)
Zeki Mokhtarzada:
webs.com
(Spring 2011)
Lesley Ott:
Climate Science at NASA Goddard
(Spring 2015)
Pat Yongpradit:
Computer Science for All
(Fall 2016)
Class of 1997:
David Andalman:
American Milkshake
(Fall 2013)
Grace Brannigan:
Biophysics and the Brain
(Fall 2017)
David Hu:
Animal Biomechanics
(Spring 2017)
Haroon Mokhtarzada:
webs.com
(Spring 2011)
Paul Shin:
Apollonix
(Summer 2018)
Beth Weinstein:
NASA Mission Manager
(Spring 2018)
Class of 1998:
Cynthia Addai-Robinson:
Hollywood Actress
(Winter 2012)
Melissa Coleman:
Surgery Fellow
(Winter 2018)
Jonah Berger:
Contagious Ideas
(Spring 2013)
Jiehae Park:
Peerless
Playwright
(Spring 2018)
Jessica Shin:
Apollonix
(Summer 2018)
Jon Urban:
Poker Player
(Spring 2010)
Class of 1999:
A Hundred Paths
(Summer 2009)
Anna Browne Ribeiro:
Amazonian Archaeology
(Summer 2019)
Craig Erdrich, James Hansen, and Scott Safranek:
The Obama Campaign
(Spring 2009)
Ani Manichaikul:
Multi-Ethnic Genomics
(Winter 2019)
Robyn Sanderson:
Simulating Dark Matter
(Winter 2020)
Class of 2000:
Jon Simon:
Quantum Materials
(Summer 2016)
Class of 2001:
Ten-Year Snapshots
(Fall 2011)
Hans Arora:
Medical Practice and Policy
(Spring 2017)
Rachel Carlson:
Choral Career
(Summer 2011)
Class of 2002:
Alison Cardy:
Career Coach
(Spring 2016)
Chris Chen:
Dessert Truck
(Winter 2009)
Peter Cirincione:
Teaching at Blair
(Summer 2018)
Jennifer Coster:
Artistic Alumna
(Summer 2011)
Elizabeth Green:
Building a Better Teacher
(Fall 2014)
Jennifer Helgeson:
Environmental Engineering
(Spring 2019)
Samantha Henig:
Journalist and Author
(Fall 2012)
Will Hwang:
InnoWorks Academy
(Winter 2012)
Kang-Xing Jin and Dan Kim:
Working at Facebook
(Summer 2012)
Bingni Wen Brunton:
Neuroscience Data
(Summer 2016)
Class of 2003:
A Decade After Blair
(Fall 2013)
Kevin Fang:
Teach for America
(Fall 2010)
Alexandra Lockwood:
PhD Movie
(Spring 2012)
Class of 2004:
Ten-Year Check-In
(Spring 2014)
Jessica Shang:
Fluidly Focused
(Summer 2019)
Class of 2005:
Wilma Bainbridge:
Memorability Research
(Fall 2019)
Martino Choi:
Catholic Priest
(Spring 2016)
Abigail Fraeman:
Martian Geology
(Summer 2015)
Julia Simon-Mishel:
Legal Assistance
(Winter 2016)
Class of 2006:
Ten-Year Reunion Update
(Fall 2016)
Alex Brown:
Sous Chef
(Fall 2018)
Varun Gulati:
Educational Entrepreneur
(Fall 2016)
Samir Paul:
Magnet Teacher
(Summer 2015)
Class of 2007:
Ten-Year Update
(Summer 2017)
Jordy Wolfand:
Environmental Engineering and Outreach
(Spring 2017)
Class of 2008:
Ten-Year Reunion
(Fall 2018)
Hareesh Ganesan:
Medication Management
(Summer 2019)
Holman Gao:
BoostMySchool
(Summer 2016)
Class of 2009:
Five-Year Update
(Winter 2015)
Jean Fan:
Little Book of Big Dreams
(Summer 2015)
Jonathan Gootenberg:
CRISPR Enzymes
(Winter 2019)
Class of 2010:
Mikey Cohen:
In Memoriam
(Fall 2017)
Class of 2011:
Erik Agard:
Crossword Champion
(Spring 2019)
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