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Gloria Wink
  • environmental science
  • Class of 2016
  • Rochester, NY

Gloria Wink joins Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate

2016 Jul 14

Gloria Wink is among four RIT/NTID students enrolled in the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program that is helping to fill the gap that exists when it comes to deaf and hard-of-hearing students earning doctoral degrees in science disciplines. The program is in partnership with University of Rochester and funded by a grant from the National Institute for General Medical Science.

Wink graduated with a master’s degree in environmental science and will attend University of Rochester Medical Center to earn a Ph.D. in epidemiology.

Graduate students are selected each year for entry into the Bridges program. Most of their tuition is paid, and they also earn experience-and a paycheck-working in laboratories at RIT and UR. Throughout the program, they meet regularly with mentors who help prepare them for the academic rigors of earning a doctorate, attend at least two professional conferences and complete three research rotations at UR laboratories.