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COURTNEY VOELKER ’95
his high school career. school science scholarsnull and
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scientific research outside of the classroom
learned that the concrete Obama.
and encouraged independent thought and
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researching how to of many OESians from the
and obtained a patent for her projectnull
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of Portland and a professor there.
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corrosion of the steel rebar
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nullichael has already joined
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for a nullhodes Scholarship and a
who are working toward a
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world in which humankind
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can build structures that
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use fewer nonrenewable
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the different types of neurons.
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medical school and is now in the
he has been honored by
second year of a finulle-year resi-
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in the nulluPont Challenge
nullninullersity. She plans to be a
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physician-scientist in the field of
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