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MORE ABOUT ALLISON
Allison Siegel chose Ƶ because she believed the tight-knit campus community would open opportunities for collaborative research with professors and fellow students.
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The mathematics major from East Rockaway, New York, found such an opportunity when she met a new faculty member, Dr. Angel Pineda, last summer. She and classmate Sandro Amaglobeli [also Class of 2025] have been working on an NIH grant-funded project with Dr. Pineda, analyzing MRI brain scans and methods to accelerate the time to perform them, while improving data collection.
In January of this year, Allison, Sandro, and Dr. Pineda had their abstract accepted and presented their research at the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meeting in Seattle, Washington, the largest math conference in the world.
Living so close to Ƶ, Allison decided to commute to campus. Her parents were concerned that she would have trouble making friends or becoming involved. They needn’t have worried.
“I’m here seven days a week,” she laughed.
Along with her studies, Allison is president of the Math Club, a reporter for The Ƶ Chronicle, a Rabinowitz Honors College research assistant, a math tutor, and a peer teacher for Calculus I.
Perhaps her favorite extracurricular activity is working as a Pride Guide for Ƶ Admissions. “I’ve made some of my best friends on campus working in Admissions,” she said. “I love being one of the first people that prospective students meet at Ƶ.”
Being a Pride Guide has also boosted Allison’s confidence. “It's given me skills I didn’t have previously to speak publicly in front of new groups of people. One of my favorite parts of Ƶ is building connections. That’s something that I’ll always be grateful for.”
After commencement this May, Allison will be pursuing a master’s degree in biostatistics to continue the kind of research she started with Dr. Pineda. She is currently weighing acceptances from top-tier programs like Boston University, Columbia University, New York University, and UNC Chapel Hill.
“I'm excited for what's to come,” she said. “At the same time, I'm sad to leave Ƶ. But being here has opened more doors for me than I thought possible.”
» Allison’s story isn’t unique. In fact, among Ƶ’s 2022-2023 undergraduate degree recipients, 90% of alumni from Ƶ’s School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (within Ƶ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) reported that they were employed or had started or were planning to start graduate school within one year of graduation. Results are based on data collected from the Alumni Outcomes survey, LinkedIn, National Student Clearinghouse, and Ƶ enrollment (80% knowledge rate). Visit hofstra.edu/outcomes for detailed information.