Duke Community Panel

Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM until 4:30 PMEastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00

Duke Community Panels are 90-minutes long and bring together current students, alumni, parents, faculty, and staff from across the Duke community to share their personal experiences, stories, and connections to Duke. Each program will be recorded and available for viewing on-demand at the Duke Admissions YouTube channel. You can read more about the panelists below.

- Kate Stutheit '26
Kate is a current Sophomore studying Biomedical Engineering with a certificate in Markets and Management! She is originally from Davidson, North Carolina (yes, the same Davidson as Steph Curry!) and she has lived all her life in North Carolina! Outside of Admissions work, she is the Engineering Student Government (ESG) Class President, and also involved in Duke’s Biomedical Engineering Society, Project Tadpole, and Duke Engineers for International Development (DEID). Outside of school, she loves to play pickleball, spend time with friends, and explore Durham!

- Grace Zhang '25
Grace is a junior majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in biology/chemistry on the premed track. Outside of class, she's active in the Backpack Project of Durham (nonprofit with mission to pack and distribute backpacks with essential items to those experiencing homelessness), Duke AIV (ethnic-specific Christian fellowship), Duke Campus Tour Guides, and a neuroimmunology lab on campus.

- Ana Maria Maganto Ramirez T'17
Ana got her Bachelor of Arts from Duke in 2017 and then went on to get her juris doctorate and a masters of law in international and comparative law at Duke law school in 2020. She now lives in Queens with her beautiful black cat and works for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a junior tax associate. When not doing tax work, she proudly uses her Puerto Rican heritage and Spanish language skills to support asylum seekers through pro bono. Outside of work, she enjoys baking, throwing themed parties and seeing performances around the city.

- Dr. Thomas Newpher
Dr. Newpher teaches, mentors, and advises for Duke's Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience program, and serves as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience. He also directs the Summer Neuroscience Program of Research in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Case Western Reserve University. After graduate school, he came to Duke University to receive postdoctoral training in the Neurobiology Department, where his research focused on identifying molecular mechanisms that underlie learning-related synaptic plasticity. As the director of the Summer Neuroscience Program, he provides mentorship and professional development opportunities for undergraduate research fellows. His courses utilize a variety of team-based learning activities to promote critical thinking skills, foster collaboration among students, and create an engaging, student-centered classroom experience. As a co-PI in the Duke Team-Based Learning lab, he studies the impacts of collaborative learning on student performance and classroom dynamics.

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