VOL. 23, NO. 23	MAY 20, 1998

Martinez-Smith Mazor

hree Columbia students and a Barnard student have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, a prestigious academic award for students preparing for careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering.

  Barnard sophomore and Goldwater recipient Christina Martinez-Smith hails from Paige, Tex. She is a biological sciences major.

  Raphael Mazor of Brookline, Mass., a Columbia College junior, says it was fun to browse through science journals and coffeetable books when he was young. He credits his mother—a psychiatrist who exposed him to a variety of information about the brain, including Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat—with fostering his interest in neurobiology. Mazor plans to use his scholarship to prepare for post-doctorate research in neurobiology and developmental biology.

  Scott Schnee, CC‘00, of New City, N.Y., is a Rabi Scholar who plans to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical and observational astrophysics. In addition to involvement with the fencing team and the Ballroom Dance Society, he has conducted astronomy research with Professor David Helfand since his freshman year. His interest is in radio astronomy and locating radio stars.

  Glenn Yiu, CC‘00, of Brooklyn, attributes his fascination with science to a sense of curiosity. This winter, he was a research assistant at Rockefeller University, cloning mouse synapsin. A former member of his high school’s Science Olympiad Team, his professional aspirations include performing medical research after completing a Ph.D. in molecular biology.