Magnet Alumni News: Winter 2015

ACTION ALERT: We need your testimonials to help restore funding for the supervision of senior research projects!

• • Rhodes Scholar: Fang Cao '11, a senior at the University of Maryland, was awarded a 2015 Rhodes Scholarship. He is the fourth Magnet alum to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. See a list of other distinguished alumni.

  • Funding Opportunity for AI Research: Jesse Galef '04 is a volunteer with the Future of Life Institute, which recently received a $10 million donation from Elon Musk to fund research projects that study how to ensure that artificial intelligence is beneficial and robust. The Institute put up a request for proposals and will be accepting initial proposals through March 1st.

  • You are invited: The Distinguished Alumni Award for 2015 will be announced at the Magnet Research Convention at Blair in the SAC, which will be Thursday, February 19th beginning at 6:30pm.

Several alumni made headlines in the past few months:

• • Craig Rice '90 was re-elected to the Montgomery County Council, representing District 2 (Germantown, Clarksburg, Damascus).

  • Noah Simon '04 was named one of Forbes's 30 Under 30 for Science.

  • Daniel Aisen '05 was named one of Forbes's 30 Under 30 for Finance.

  • Shaun Datta '14 traveled to China as part of a delegation comprised of select Intel top ten finalists and Presidential Scholars for the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations' Student Leaders Exchange last summer, where he met with the Baidu CEO and other prominent Chinese leaders.

In Memoriam: Kirsten Dahlberg Cote '89 passed away on December 29, 2014. For more information, view her memorial page.