Global Scholars

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | The Collector’s Mindset By Maya Olcer | November 2025 When I was ten, I lined my shelves with snow globes I collected across my multicultural upbringing; tiny worlds of glass and glitter frozen in time, each one a landmark of belonging. Every globe felt like a promise that […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | Lemons, Politicians, and the Need for Courage By Federico Marri | November 2025 When my friend entered politics at eighteen, she carried the kind of idealism every democracy dreams of: sharp mind, strong competence, genuine care for her community. She spent five years organizing events, paying campaign costs from […]

Scholar Voices Global Leadership Vision Op-Ed | A Billion Whys: How Generative AI May Give Voice to the Unheard By Carlos Lopez de la Cerda | October 2025 In a mountain village with no library and no teachers in any subject, a child slips on a small wearable, and for the first time, a patient tutor […]

Scholar Voices Allison Martinez wins second place in the 2023 She LEADS symposium’s 3MT presentation Allison Martinez, a Biomedical Engineering PhD student and McDonnell Academy Global Scholar from Honduras won second place among the five finalists in the 2023 She LEADS Three Minute Thesis presentation competition. This competition showcases the compelling research work of doctoral […]

Scholar Voices McDonnell Scholars attend COP27 WashU Environmental Studies | January 2023 In November, two of our McDonnell Scholars attended the 27th Annual Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Ganesh Chelluboyina (EECE PhD) and Bea Addis (Anthropology PhD) share their insights on the complex nature of the climate crisis from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. Ganesh’s […]