Current Students

Class of 2013
Aviva Hope Rutkin is a Long Island native whose interest in science was first sparked during long childhood afternoons at her mother’s veterinary hospital. She studied neuroscience and Chinese at Union College in New York, and spent her free time playing rugby, programming computer games, and manning the helm of her college newspaper for two difficult, wonderful years. Before settling upon a career in science communication, she worked a number of odd jobs, including Segway tour guide, robot camp assistant, tennis instructor, and country fair booth girl. She has also interned at Nature Publishing Group and Time, and will spend this summer writing about research at Brookhaven Laboratory. Her greatest accomplishment to date is winning a seashell identification contest in the Galápagos when she was sixteen. Keep up with Aviva on Twitter @avivahoperutkin.