Lift the Chorus: Cornell Stories
Kevin Hwang '07 brings together the humanities and the sciences.
Kevin Hwang '07
As an undergraduate, Kevin Hwang '07 made an impact on Cornell that will resonate for a long time to come. He founded The Triple Helix, a journal that brings viewpoints and methodologies of the humanities to bear on the sciences.
"The chasm that separates science and the humanities needs to be bridged because scientific progress no longer operates in a vacuum." he explains. "The Triple Helix is meant to be a truly interdisciplinary journal that speaks to the most pressing social, political, and legal issues surrounding science."
Kevin's bold leadership helped The Triple Helix become the only national undergraduate student-run print journal of its kind in the U.S.—with more than 500 students involved at 22 universities. Before he graduated, he also began focusing on establishing chapters for The Triple Helix at peer universities in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
A double major in economics and molecular and cell biology, Kevin worked with faculty as a research assistant in a microbiology laboratory, and he also served as a biology student advisor and a board member of the Pi Delta Psi Asian cultural fraternity. And if all of that isn't enough, he was named one of the nation's most outstanding undergraduates by USA Today in 2006.
Kevin hopes to someday become a social entrepreneur, and plans to matriculate in Harvard’s MBA program in 2009. He knows that his work on the journal is preparing him for that ambitious goal.
"Our ascent to national success with The Triple Helix has been a whirlwind of an experience, and my role has profoundly impacted my calling here at Cornell," he says. "Now, when people ask me about what I want to do with my future, it may sound corny, but I would say I want to change the world."