MSU Denver's Yantenew Gete lands NIH fellowship

MSU Denver's Yantenew Gete was selected for a highly sought post-baccalaureate National Institutes of Health fellowship.

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How do you begin to describe Yantenew Gete?

Perhaps you start with his sprint through MSU Denver’s STEPS program or his 3.9 GPA with just two B’s on his transcript and all A’s in courses in his dual major, biology and chemistry.

Or you could talk about the nonprofit he co-founded, the research he’s conducted or even the high level of table tennis he played in his native Ethiopia.

But those accomplishments are precursors to his latest achievement: landing a highly competitive post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., one of the world’s foremost medical research centers.

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