April 4 - 5, 2024

Cooke Connections Northern California highlight video

Event Description:

As part of our Cooke Connections: Northern California visit, we will host two major events: A Career Pathways Chat with Cooke Alums followed by a mix-and-mingle community-building event.

Depending on their educational and career interests, Scholars may also choose to attend a lab tour or company tour - please see below for details. Scholars: we ask that you please check your school schedules before registering to attend any of the following events; if you have class scheduled at the time of the event you are interested in, please make arrangements with your professor before registering.

Overview of the Events: 

  • Panel Discussion (open to Alums and Scholars)

    • Date: Thursday, April 4, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

    • Location: LKSC-130 in the Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center on Stanford’s campus

    • Career Pathways Chat:  Jennifer Krasilovsky, our Dean of Career Services, will be moderating a panel discussion for Scholars from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Panelists will include Cooke Alums Carlos Biaou and Joan Kim.


Cooke Connections Northern California panel discussion recording

 
 

Community-Building Session (open to Alums and Scholars)

  • Date: Thursday, April 4, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

  • Location: BMI 1021 in the Biomedical Innovations Building on Stanford’s campus

  • Networking and Dinner: Following the panel discussion, light dinner will be served and attendees will have the chance to mingle and network.

  • Lab and Company Tours (open to Scholars, but Alums will be considered as space allows)

    • Lab Tour with Cooke Alum Sonia Bustos Barocio on Stanford Campus

      • Date: Thursday, April 4, 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

      • Location: Biomedical Innovations Building (BMI) - 240 Pasteur Dr., Palo Alto, CA

      • Cooke Alum Sonia Bustos Barocio is offering a tour of her Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology lab. She is investigating mechanisms underlying tissue regeneration and cancer induction using the Mexican Axolotl as a model organism.

    • Salesforce Tower company tour with Cooke Alum Annie Seo

      • Date: Friday, April 5, 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

      • Location: Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission St, San Francisco, CA

      • Cooke Alum Annie Seo is offering a tour of the Salesforce Tower followed by lunch in San Francisco. Please note that any Scholars who want to attend the Salesforce tour must have a Driver’s License or State ID.

    • Google company tour, panel discussion, and lunch with Cooke Alums Gregory Clark, Jason Joo, and more

      • Date: Friday, April 5, 10:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

      • Location: Googleplex, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA

      • Cooke Alums and current Google employees Gregory Clark and Jason Joo are offering a company tour, panel discussion, and lunch at the Googleplex in Mountain View. Space for this tour is limited; please indicate your interest in attending below and we will contact you if you are selected.