Humans of Minerva

Yashvardhan is an aspiring economist passionate about social impact from India. He cares about making the world a better place, in the best way possible, through engaging with effective altruism. You ...

9 Sep 202225min

Yueh-Han (also known as 岳涵 \ Johann) (M22) was extremely curious and brave as a child and still strives to live a life with such values. In his pre-Minerva life, he quit high school to experiment with...

2 Sep 202228min

Ha (M23) is a witty scholar from Vietnam with the power to change failure to a greater success and the unequivocal love of friends, family, and last but not least, boba. Studying in Singapore on a mer...

26 Aug 202229min

Jonathan Powers lives in Montreal, Canada with his wife, two sons, and two cats. Born and raised in the United States, he has also lived in France and Sweden. Prof. Powers is an unrepentant generalist...

19 Aug 202229min

Professor Trisha Stan is a generalist who specializes in learning new things, especially about science! She holds a PhD in Immunology and loves to sing. She is spending the summer enjoying all forms o...

12 Aug 202228min

Klara Eriksson (M20) is a history and creativity nerd who recently moved back to her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden after years of self-imposed exile abroad. She is currently trying to figure out what ...

5 Aug 202230min

Lucas Tambasco is on a mission to eradicate the sentence "I hate math" alongside the amazing Computational Sciences faculty at Minerva. But Prof. Tambasco's life is not only math, he loves playing gui...

29 Jul 202231min

Mykhailo (M25) was born and raised in Ukraine. By enjoying learning physics, math, and computer science joined a community of the most talented Ukrainians - Ukraine Global Scholars. Data analytics and...

22 Jul 202220min