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Class Notes Class of 2016 Oliver Kish has been heavily involved with student government during his time at Loyola University Maryland and is the current CFO for the organization. In this position he manages the organization’s budget and represents the student body at a variety of university budget committee and board of trustee sessions. He was recognized last fall at Loyola’s Gratias ceremony as a member of the Green & Grey Society, helping to advise the university’s President’s Office on the many challenges that face higher education. He will be graduating in May with a double major in finance and information systems, and he will then head to New York City to work for Bloomberg within the analytics division.
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Class of 2016 Fengge (David) Yu will be joining Amazon as a business analyst after graduating from Hamilton College in May. He was awarded an Amazon internship in their Seattle office in the summer of 2019 having realized, through his studies in statistics and computer science, that he enjoyed dealing with big chunks of data. David also felt well prepared by Hamilton’s New York City program that provided him an earlier demanding internship at Pricap Advisors, a small investment management company. David’s Amazon internship gave him responsibility for creating an automatic report system, and upon starting he had to create a required “press release,” an Amazon tradition that helps interns brainstorm customers’ pain points. David shared in a Hamilton interview that “It was a painful experience for me because it forced me to plan everything out when I had very little information. But all the people, even those from other organizations within Amazon…had been extremely patient and helpful. I really loved Seattle when I was there last summer. I’m also excited that I can occasionally choose to work remotely either from home or in another city (or another country) where Amazon has an office.”
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and past auction results with the goal of piecing together the nuanced history of each work of art. This process starts with examining each painting for clues such as hidden signatures, collectors’ marks, and inventory numbers and labels that may yield new information. Sequentially, she writes essays for the sale catalog, published in print and on Christie’s website, and communicates the salient points around each painting. This is a particularly exciting time to work with paintings by the Old Masters, as continuous developments in modern technology, bourgeoning databases, and new scholarship bring previously unknown information to light each year! Sylvia Tan graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in art and a master’s in mechanical engineering, specializing in mechanical design. She recently began her doctorate at Northwestern University, where she is a part of Dr. Ed Colgate’s lab working in the field of surface haptics and developing a mechanism to bring textures to touch screens. She appreciates this amazing opportunity to combine art and engineering at a PhD level and plans to complete her studies in 4-5 years. Eventually, working in academia as a professor or continuing in the haptics industry with a tech company are options she will consider. David Westcott stepped up as #5 on Temple University’s cross-country team at the Penn State National Open in October, helping his team take first place out of 11 teams at the competition.
Class of 2016 Oliver Cohen launched the Developers Student Clubs (DSC) at Washington University, St. Louis in the fall of 2019. DSC is run by Google Developers and is dedicated
