Student Spotlight

July 30, 2025 News from Brown

Sophia Wu: Crab wrangler, ocean dreamer

Brown sophomore Sophia Wu is spending her summer at Save the Bay in Rhode Island, wrangling crabs, supporting summer camps for kids and exploring a future in marine science.
News From Engineering

From patient to practitioner

Brown Engineering Ph.D. student Julia Gangemi experiences both sides of advanced neurotechnology study, first as participant and then as researcher.
News From Engineering

Playing with Purpose

Mitchell award winner Claire Poissonnier ’25 creates a board game based on the circular economy.
News From Engineering

A path despite resistance

Brown curriculum allows Air Force veteran Jay O’Neill ’26 to obtain new electrical engineering skills, while deepening language skills previously acquired.
The Joukowsky dissertation award in the Life Sciences goes to Cel Welch, who completed their Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering this spring. Through their dissertation, titled Novel Devices, Physical Mechanisms, and Analytical Techniques for Use in Next Generation Cellular Diagnostics, Welch developed novel electrical and acoustic methods to process tissue into single cells for direct sequencing.