Xun Earns K&L Gates Award

Ruiran Xun's interests are as diverse as her experiences. The recent graduate left Carnegie Mellon University with a dual bachelor's degree in chemistry and computer science and a minor in collaborative piano. She has a love of research, teaching and musical theater, and wanted to engage in all three during her time at CMU. "I'm incredibly grateful that during my four years at Carnegie Mellon I've been able to participate in a myriad of experiences and consequently form meaningful friendships with people from many different backgrounds," Xun said. "Coming into college, my biggest goal was to delve into my interests and have a more concrete grasp of who I am as a person. I don't think I would have been able to do so at any other school." Along with her degree, Xun received Mellon College of Science College Honors at the 2022 Commencement. She was elected into Phi Beta Kappa - one of the most exclusive honor societies in the world - in fall of 2021, and she was selected as an Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar.