2017 Annual Report

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SOCIETY ALUMNI STORIES & SUCCESSES

“The Society alumni community is an opportunity to establish or maintain a rapport with people who shared a similar experience and who have expanded into many different areas.”

Society alumni are recognized leaders in their fields. In 2017, alumni received national and international recognition for their contributions to science, engi- neering, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Alumni received accolades such as the Breakthrough

Prize in Fundamental Physics; the Nobel Prize in physics; Forbes 30 Under 30; the Blavatnik National Awards for Scientists in Chemistry, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Life Sciences and the Thiel Fellowship.

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Jennifer Balakrishnan was on a team of mathematicians who cracked the “cursed curve.”

Kristina Johnson was named Chancellor of the State University of New York.

Geoffrey Woo was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 for Consumer Technology.

David Spergel won a Breakthrough Prize for mapping the early universe.

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