2026 Summer Institutes:
Limitless Possibilities for Bronx Science Students
Table of Contents Alumni-Hosted Summer Institutes
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Artificial Intelligence
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Entrepreneurship & Technology
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Finance
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Government & Law
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Media & Entertainment
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Doris M. Glick ’61 Medicine & Public Health Institute
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Faculty & Staff-led Summer Institutes
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Arts & Culture Institute
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Research Summer Institute
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Robotics Institute
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2026 Summer Institute Speakers and Guests
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This summer, the Bronx Science Foundation hosted nine of its signature Summer Institutes. These annual free summer enrichment programs offer Bronx Science students unique opportunities to explore a variety of interests and careers, meet with alumni thriving in their industry, and experience different professional environments and expectations. They also provide space and time for students to deep dive into an interest or passion. Most importantly: the Summer Institutes broaden students’ understanding of the wide array of academic and career paths that are available to pursue. With a Bronx Science education and commitment to excellence, there are limitless possibilities in store for our students. 01
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Six of our robust Summer Institutes are made possible thanks to dedicated alumni volunteers who generously donate their time, expertise, professional connections and office space. We are deeply grateful to all those who played a role in making these inspiring programs happen for our students in 2026. For a full list of speakers and alumni guests, see page 26.
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Media & Entertainment Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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Finance
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Media & Entertainment
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Doris M. Glick ’61 Summer Institute for Medicine & Public Health
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Artificial Intelligence • Accenture, hosted by David Millstein ’14 • CAPCO, hosted by Raian Rahman ’16, Wendy Lin Barton ’17, and Mahdi Chowdhury ’20 • Javits Center, hosted by Sonia Low ’89
Mercer Labs
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Each place introduced new people, perspectives and possibilities. I’m glad I signed up, and came away with a better understanding of not only the many ways AI is shaping our world, but also a clearer view of my steps for the future.” Saloni Kelkar ’27, Artificial Intelligence
• Mercer Labs • Microsoft, hosted by Seth Spielman ’93 • Morgan Stanley, hosted by Craig Paskowitz ’08 and Sophie Poritzky ’21 • NYU, hosted by Clay Shirky P’22 and Marina Shiry ’22 • Palantir, organized and hosted by Elana Shneyer ’99 Devon Klein ’05, Catalina Valencia ’06, Rachel Markowitz ’18, and Leona Teten ’23
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Javits Center
Palantir Microsoft
Accenture
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Entrepreneurship & Technology The Entrepreneurship & Technology Institute prepares students for careers in innovation and entrepreneurship. Students also traveled to Boston where they networked with alumni in the region.
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AWS, hosted by Richard Tang ’15 and Tarun Vaidhyanathan ’23
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Astellas, hosted by Naeem Yusuff ’89
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CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, hosted by Joshua Brumberg ’88
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DoorDash, hosted by Harrison Giovannelli ’17
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Fedtech, hosted by Hadas Webb ’95
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Google, hosted by Lou Sorrell ’76, Bert Kaminski ’83, Laura O’Connell ’08 and Michele Narov ’09
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory, hosted by Hosea Siu ’10
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MongoDB, hosted by Matthew Javaly ’13
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Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, hosted by Ofer Levy ’84
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory
I gained valuable knowledge and insight into how the world and life is after high school – and [the insight] that I have the freedom to make my own choices, and I am not constrained to traditional concepts or pathways. I enjoyed speaking to the many knowledgeable alumni from Bronx Science and gaining amazing answers.”
Rayan Haque ’27,
Entrepreneurship & Technology
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Astellas
Finance
Pico
The Finance Institute enables students to explore many aspects of the finance industry, from investment banking and asset management to real estate and Alumni hosts opened their doors to students at the financial technology. following companies this summer:
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930 Capital, hosted by Stuart Rabin ’84
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Baron Capital Management, hosted by Judy Bernard Baron ’65
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Energy Capital Partners, hosted by Mahmud Riffat ’03
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Ernst & Young, hosted by Gregory Richards ’08
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Extell, hosted by Andrew Chung ’90
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The Federal Reserve, hosted by Ajay Umranikar ’86
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IBM, hosted by Anna Solomon ’99
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JP Morgan - hosted by Kathleen Bowers P’27
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Nuveen, hosted by Rodrigo Duluc ’15
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Pico, hosted by Jarrod Yuster ’89
EY
Nuveen
Extell
JP Morgan
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Government & Law This Institute exposes students to a variety of roles within the legal, legislative and public service sectors. The 2026 cohort traveled to DC where they toured the Capitol, museums and monuments and attended an alumni networking reception dinner.
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These students benefited from visits to an array of institutions in government and law, including: •
Brookings Institute, hosted by Monika Kulma ’02
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Cato Institute, organized by Jack Nicastro ’19
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Council on Foreign Relations, organized by Elias Silver ’20
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EXL, hosted by Ajay Ayyappan ’95
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Haynes Boone, hosted by Peter Halprin ’02 and Gil Porter ’70
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Legal Aid, hosted by Rebekah Cook-Mack ’94
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New York Supreme Court Appellate Division - Second Department, hosted by Phillip Hom ’86 and Karen Lin ’88
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Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, hosted by Oscar Rempe-Hiam ’25
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Orrick, hosted by Sarah Schaeffer-Roth ’96, Jedd Bellman ’99 and Elena Morin-Rosner ’99
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United Nations
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U.S. Department of State, hosted by Charlotte Volpe ’10
EXL
Office of Senator Gillibrand
Legal Aid
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The trip to DC and especially visiting think tanks and government agencies showed me how government really runs and what a career in that field could practically look like. Getting to speak with Bronx Science alumni in DC about their career paths and get advice as I head into senior year was an honor I won’t forget.” Daniel Humphries ’26, Government & Law
U.S. Capitol Tour
Brookings Institute
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Media & Entertainment The Media and Entertainment Institute aims to expose students to careers in media, journalism, entertainment, communications, marketing and more.
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Wonderville
This summer, students enjoyed engaging site visits to: •
CNBC, hosted by Todd Bonin P’26
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Daily Mail, hosted by Demetra Balodimas ’96
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NBC Studio Tour
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NY1, hosted by Ariella Weintraub ’08 and Elizabeth Sherwood ’11
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NY Mets, hosted by Aaron Roseman ’11
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Snapchat, hosted by Yosef Adiputra ’09
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Tinuiti, hosted by Giovanna DeCastro ’15
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Wonderville, hosted by Nik Mikros ’84
NY1
Tinuiti
Snapchat
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Doris M. Glick ’61 Summer Institute for Medicine & Public Health
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Through the Medicine and Public Health Institute, students learn from industry leaders in healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech and public health. This is our first donorsponsored and named Summer Institute, thanks to a generous gift from Frances Glick ’64. Frances has named the Medicine & Public Health Institute in memory of her sister Doris M. Glick ’61, who dedicated her life and career to nursing.
Last summer students had incredible experiences visiting: •
The Commonwealth Fund, hosted by Tony Shih ’89
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Hunter College-CUNY, Belfer Research Building, hosted by Jill Bargonetti ’80
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Montefiore, hosted by Judy Yee ’79
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NewYork-Presbyterian, facilitated by Frances Glick ’64
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NYC Health and Hospitals, hosted by Joan Culpepper Morgan ’73 and Heather Hatcher ’97
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Regeneron, hosted by George Yancopoulos ’76, David Glass ’77, Jennifer Topiel ’90, Jean Yanalatos ’03, Cindy Chen ’12 and Michael Meleties ’12
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Schrödinger, hosted by Abba Leffler ’05
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SUNY Downstate Anatomy Lab, hosted by Samuel Marquez ’79 and Tymon Krzywinski ’19
Schrödinger
NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center
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Having the chance to visit the various organizations available to us showed me firsthand how many different fields can come together in medicine and public health. I especially enjoyed hearing directly from Bronx Science alumni about their work and the paths they took to get there, and I will always cherish the inspiration the experience gave me as I explore my own future career.” Ethan Choi ’27, Medicine & Public Health
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Faculty & Staff-led Summer Institutes Three additional institutes were led by faculty and staff.
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Arts & Culture Institute Artificial Intelligence
Robotics Institute
Research Summer Institute
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Robotics Institute
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Arts & Culture Institute Two cohorts of Arts Institute students enjoyed rich cultural experiences.
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This summer, students made outings to: •
& Juliet, at Stephen Sondheim Theatre
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Alternative New York Street Art Tour: Brooklyn
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The Barnes Collection
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Birdland Jazz Club
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Death of a Salesman, at Winter Garden Theatre
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The Frick Collection
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Hadestown, at Walter Kerr Theatre
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Highlights of Harlem & The Studio in Harlem Museum
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The Jewish Museum
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
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Swan Lake, American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center
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Storm King Art Center
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Tenement Museum
Museum of Modern Art
NY1
Storm King Art Center
Tinuiti
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Snapchat
Research Summer Institute Hosted at at Hostedon oncampus campus The ’52’52 Research The Stanley StanleyManne Manne Institute Research Institute Led by the Foundation’s Research Fellow, Dr. Aaron Schwartz
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72 students from Bronx Science and our partner schools participated in unique hands-on research programming. 35 first-time participants took part in a two-week research crash course teaching them the relevant skills and techniques to carry out an independent project at the Manne Institute. This included in-depth microscopy analysis, micro-pipetting, basic lab-chemistry skills, an intro to microbiology techniques (like growing bacterial cell cultures), and methods of growing the model organism C. elegans. 37 returning students, with previous lab experience, immediately began working independently.
Stephanie Zheng ’29
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I was able to expand my horizons and learn so many new things I would have never learned otherwise. Looking forward, the hands-on experience and critical thinking skills I gained will be invaluable to my future and career goals. This program has given me a real taste of what it means to be a researcher.” Stephanie Zheng ’29,
Research Summer Institute
Every student designed and conducted an independent project that applied the skills learned in our research curriculum. Just a few research themes included neuroscience and neurodegeneration; the effect of diet on gut health; how oxidative stress impacts cell homeostasis; and molecular tool building and engineering.
Thair Morgan ’28
Robotics Institute Hosted at Bronx Science Over four weeks at Bronx Science, students worked with advanced equipment to learn more about engineering and programming as they designed and built their own robot.
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Students collaborated to: •
Build a foundation in the coding language Java needed to control the robotics during competition
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Study computer-aided design (CAD) software design using Onshape
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Learn the foundations of control theory, machining, and assembly, including construction, electrical wiring and motors
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Use their new skillset and equipment to build from scratch a basketball dunking robot that can extend up to 10 feet.
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Write a working drivetrain program and program every mechanism on last season’s competition robot, successfully making it function the same as it did last season.
Most participants began the program with almost no experience—but concluded with aspirations to continue their learning by joining one of Bronx Science’s robotics team.
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I really enjoyed my time at the robotics summer institute. The community of mentors and peers were so welcoming and willing to assist me whenever I had questions. My favorite moment was definitely getting to learn about the different functions of robot parts.” Santiago Qinlin ’28, Robotics Institute
Machine shop work underway
Building a robot with a working elevator apparatus
2026 Summer Institute Speakers ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Accenture Abhishek Agarwal Jeremy Jean-Louis Rikeya Lowe David Millstein ’14 Sherry Motta Kaley Palanjian Hajir Sailors Alana Strassfeld Bob van Gelder Nicole Welborn
Capco Chinmoy Bhatiya Mahdi Chowdhury ’20 Dee McDougal Angelica Palma Raian Rahman ’16 Wendy Lin-Barton ’17 Jessie Wang
Javits Center Alisia Alushllari Shane Beardsley
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Firas Freajah Timothy Gaburungyi Shanise Gibson Arin Harkawat Puja Kaul Joyce Leveston Sonia Low ’89 Kyra Nix Debonair Oates-Primus Sammi Ragsdale Kelly Reinoso Indira Turney Kelly Wadkins Jacque White
Microsoft Rahul Dani Maggie Engler Ian Hanes Hans Hanley Nick Hausman Vivian Lin Jolene Mork Seth Spielman ’93
Morgan Stanley Melissa Alvarez David Baker Rolando Carrascosa Donna Cintorrino Avani Kulshreshtha Shimrit Or Craig Paskowitz ’08 Sophie Poritzky ’21 Skye Taylor Emily Zelter
New York University (NYU) Michelle Demeter De Angela Duff MaryBeth McCartin Clay Shirky P’22 Marina Shirky ’22
Palantir Sam Feldman Devon Klein ’05 Rachel Markowitz ’18 Leona Teten ’23
Kenneth Dixon
Catalina Valencia ’06
Eli Dryer
Rachel Vogel
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & TECHNOLOGY The Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (ASRC) Joshua Brumberg ’88 Mark Hauber
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Richard Tang ’15 Tarun Vaidhyanathan ’23
Astellas Naeem Yusuff ’89
Doordash Harrison Giovannelli ’17
FedTech Hadas Webb ’95
Google Ariel Devine P’25 Bert Kaminski ’83 Henry Lai ’84 Michele Narov ’09 Laura O’Connell ’08 Mansi Shah Lou Sorell ’76
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Hosea Siu ’10
MongoDB Matthew Javaly ’13 Bianca Laube Maya Raman
Precision Vaccines Program (PVP) at Boston Children’s Hospital Ofer Levy ’84, MD, PhD; Director, Precision Vaccines Program Mehmet Saluvan, PhD; Administrative Manager, Precision Vaccines Program
Boston Networking Reception
Abdallah A Mohamed ’16 Sam Forman ’17 Alex Ngan ’17 Maxwell Anavian ’18 Anna Leidner ’18 Natasha Stamler ’18 Samantha Wainapel ’19 Bojiang Wu ’19 Thomas Breen ’20 Rachel Chen ’20 Matthew Chiang ’20 Xinchen Fu ’20 Cassandra Ng ’20 Vanessa Fang ’21 Aliya Fisher ’22 Jolly Zheng ’22
Arnold Nadler ’55
Krittika Chowdhury ’23
Lucy Weinstein ’67
Jafnoon Khatun ’23
Robert Spiegel ’69
Sumi Lama ’23
Jim Goodfield ’80
Maheen Rassell ’23
Maria Kim ’80
Farhan Sreejan ’23
Theresa Mock ’80
Kelly Tching ’23
Cecilia Wessinger ’83
Zhe Zhang ’23
Gloria Plottel (Stone) ’84 Susan Wolland Bibbins ’84 Angela Pitter ’85 Ajay Umaranikar ’86 Lisa Valentine ’90 Yooree Losordo ’97 Monica Sircar ’00 Angela Lee ’07 Elly Kalfus ’09 Hosea Siu ’10 Arun Bishop ’16
FINANCE 930 Capital
Ernst & Young
Thomas Frantzeskakis Ivan Ip
Kristin Gervasio
Peter Kadzielawski
Marguerite Giuliano
Vince Kallarackal
Stuart J. Rabin ’84
Sammie Nunziata
Baron Capital Management
Gregory Richards ’08 Brian Santiago Jonathan Tomback
Andrew Arias
Jude Ulokameje
Judy Bernard Baron ’65
Manya Vikram
Michael Baron
George Wong
Ron Baron David Berk Lily Caruso Brian Cassidy Kenneth Fu Zach Keller
Extell
Nuveen Demitri Apostolakis Catherine Cusimano Don Dimitrievich Daisy Ding Rodrigo Duluc ’15 Sebastian Duluc Tom Pollock Rix Prakash Adam Ren Luke Schaefer
Pico Ashley Allard
Andrew Chung ’90
Mac Bartram
Kevin Kim
Jay Bharatiya
The Federal Reserve
Nick Bianco Joshua Caravetta
Noah Kraff
Heather Daly
Janet Lam Chen
Gustavo Curioso
Sam Ginsberg
Nicole Orlando
Anthony Disanti
Tess Hwang
Olivia Ortega-Cooney
Seetharam Gorre
Ajay Umaranikar ’86
Kojo Holman
Julie Pham Collin Riggs Robin Thurau Kabir Tyagi Michael Valencia
Energy Capital Partners
IBM Anna Solomon ’99
JPMorgan Kathleen Bowers P’27
Jacob Jedynak Jordan Johansen Venus Lanier Jesus Meza Emma Resor Stacy Rodriguez Raymond Russell Lois Schloeck
Phil Casparius
George West
Matt DeNichilo
Lisa Valente
Kevin Hoffman
Jarrod Yuster ’89
Mahmud Riffat ’03
Reshma Zachariah
GOVERNMENT & LAW Brookings Miriam Kidane Ben Skelton
Cato Institute Michael Fox Elizabeth Holley Jack Nicastro ’19
Council on Foreign Relations
New York Appellate Division-Second Department Courthouse Lauren Dome ’86 Phillip Hom ’86 Karen Lin ’88
Orrick Jedd Bellman ’99 Young Lee
Elias Silver ’20
Elena Morin-Rosner ’99
Christopher M. Tuttle
Sarah Schaeffer-Roth ’96
EXL Ajay Ayyappan ’95 Elizabeth Freedman
Haynes Boone Madelyn Calabrese Jenna Decker Peter Halprin ’02 Brian Matthews Gil Porter ’70
Legal Aid
Quinn Waterbury
U.S. Department of State Abby Bard Katherine Mao Mike Vaccaro Charlotte Volpe ’10
U.S. Senate Oscar Rempe-Hiam ’25
DC Networking Reception Harvey Leifert ’55
Rebekah Cook-Mack ’94
Benson J Simon ’55
B Franco Olshansky
Bruce Rubin ’60 Linda Meyer ’62 Janice Deutsch Koch ’63 Betty Landesman ’63 Dina Lassow ’64 Fern Hunt ’65
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Paul Kaplowitz ’66
Diane Boehr ’67
Tracey Fung ’02
Mark Miller ’68
Ivy Akid ’04
David Kusnet ’69
Chris Gentilviso ’05
Robert Spiegel ’69
Cypress Pennie ’06
Priscilla Emery ’70
Priyanka Vashisht ’09
Paul Stokols ’71
Hannah Ingber ’10
Brian Alberts ’74
Charlotte Volpe ’10
Joseph Nelson ’77
Nancy Wang ’10
Rosemary Calderalo ’78
Shahana Ganesharajah ’11
Harry Abramson ’80
Gabriel Delsol ’15
Judy Acs ’80
Yuichiro Kakutani ’15
Michael Berkson ’81
Matthew Burnett ’17
Shawn Bentley ’84
Adam Shaham ’17
C.C. Clark ’84
Alexander Chiu ’18
Wesley Clarke ’84
Ann Garbowski ’18
David Fenton ’84
Sanweda Mahagabin ’18
Robert Ho ’84
Dante Schulz ’18
Michelle Pogue ’84
Adam Israelevitz ’19
Eric Rice ’84
Douglas Pong ’19
Jackie Wheeler Lee ’85
Ivy Tong ’19
Michele Greenstein ’88
Ilana Segal ’20
Max Han ’88
Brett Zakheim ’23
Sonia Shelton ’88
Oscar Rempe-Hiam ’25
Shereen Williams ’88 Natalie Gordon ’89 Nicole Mahoney ’89 Linda Feng ’91 Jacob Berg ’95 Brian Calvary ’97 John Ko ’97 Janet Wu ’97 Anne Benjaminson ’99 Jaquone Miller ’01 Alla Polyakova ’01 Raymond Wong ’01
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH
CNBC
NY Mets
The Commonwealth Fund
Todd Bonin P’26
Carly Emmer
Juliana Chessin
Lola Murti ’21
Jeff Manahan
Mat Kelley
Aaron Roseman ’11
Jess Maksut
Jared Scherl
Anthony (Tony) Shih ’89
Emaan Moosani
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Daily Mail Demetra Balodimas ’96
Jane Son
Emmanuella Chevalier Joan Culpepper-Morgan ’73 Heather Hatcher ’97 Okenfe Lebarty
Luke Carron
Snap
Hunter College/Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building
Bob Marshall
Yosef Adiputra ’09
Jill Bargonetti ’84
Miranda Powell ’17
Karmela Padavic Callaghan
Madeline Doctor ’17
Chelsea Ritschel
Victoria Ono ’19
Montefiore Medical Center
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Kayla Brantley
Wills Robinson
Edwin Alvarez
Mark Rykken
Tinuiti
Grace Wade
Hugh Cecil
Jessica Dang, MD
Giovanna DeCastro ’15
Yahaira Diaz
Gabriela Jakubek
Lamar Duncan
Emma Kennedy
Patricia Hametz, MD
NY1 Elizabeth Sherwood ’11 Ariella Weintraub ’08
Wonderville Stephanie Gross Mark Kleback Nik Mikros ’84
Jenny Bencardino, MD
Young Lew Renee Moadel, MD Abdullah Norain, MD Nancy Soto Jonathan Sterman, MD Tiffany Villacis, MD Julie Vu, MD Tina Wong Judy Yee ’79, MD
Council on Foreign Relations
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center NYC Health + Hospitals Manelle Beilzaire Deborah Brown
Rachael Barton Cindy Chen ’12 David Glass ’77 Michael Meleties ’12 Brian Nasielski Marine Prissette Potoula Stavropoulos David Streitman Jennifer Topiel ’90 Jean Yanalatos ’03 George Yancopoulos ’76
Schrödinger Katie Amberg-Johnson, Ph.D Abba Leffler ’05, Ph.D Karl Leswig Sung-Sau So, Ph.D
SUNY Downstate Anatomy Lab Shaon Barua ’21 Tymon Krzywinski ’19 Samuel Marquez ’79
On behalf of the entire school community, the Bronx Science Foundation team extends its sincere gratitude to all the alumni, faculty and staff that made the incredible 2026 Summer Institutes happen.
To learn more about how you can support future career or summer programs, please contact the Foundation at 718.817.7800 or foundation@bxscience.edu.
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