College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Bhavika Buddi

Computer Science and Sustainability Informatics and Modeling (IVSP) Majors

Portland, OR

FIRE (Sustainability Analytics stream)

Graduates December 2026

Emily Chan

Biochemistry and Public Health Science Double Major

Huntingtown, MD

Integrated Life Sciences Program

Graduates May 2026

Jefferny Lin

Biological Sciences Major

General Business Minor

Takoma Park, MD

Integrated Life Sciences (ILS)

Graduates May 2026

Speakers Announced for College’s 2023 Graduate Commencement Ceremony

National Zoo Director Brandie Smith (Ph.D. ’10, behavior, ecology, evolution and systematics) will be the keynote speaker; Kayla Davie (Ph.D. ’23, applied mathematics & statistics, and scientific computation) and Isha Angadi (B.S. ’21, computer science; M.P.S. ’22, data science and analytics) will be the student speakers.

Alum Brandie Smith, the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology In

- 3 May 2023