Just as one cohort wraps up internships with a master’s degree in hand, a new group of interns is ushered in. Students in the bioinformatics and genomics track of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program are eager to begin their internships this month and put their newly formed skills to the test. This year marks another successful placement of interns with the program’s many partners spanning research institutes, national labs, industry, and academic labs.

With the recent hiring of alumni network manager Betsy Tanenbaum, we are beginning to host alumni events in different cities to help connect alumni to each other - for friendship and building networks for future job opportunities and collaborations. The largest event was held in downtown Portland at Coopers Hall in August. About 75 former students now working in industry and national labs showed up. It was so great to see everyone and hear what they've been up to - as well as share knowledge of upcoming opportunities.