Mavericks. We're a community of them. Not the big wave type (although we count many surfers and beach goers among our 7,000+ student body and our 230+ faculty and staff). We're the wave makers, the mold breakers - those who aren't afraid to forge a new path, break with tradition and be boundaryless in search of solutions that create positive change in society, economies and human well-being. Like Iman Siddiqi, one of our awesome undergrads who earned both the Dalai Lama Scholarship AND the Aldrich award and is working to raise awareness and scholarship funds for students displaced by war and persecution. And Gregory Hickok, cognitive sciences professor, whose neuroscience research is leading to better therapies for people with brain damage, lesions, and neural abnormalities. And Darren Fells, a '14 sociology alumnus who went from playing basketball in the Bren to being an NFL tight end.

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