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Paulette McRae GRD ’07 is the University’s first black recipient of a doctorate in neurobiology.
Courtesy Paulette McRae
Paulette McRae GRD ’07 is the University’s first black recipient of a doctorate in neurobiology.

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In 2002, after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rutgers University, Paulette McRae GRD ’07 applied to the neurobiology department at Yale, crossing her fingers that she would make it into the program. Little did she know that, when she did get in, she would make history.

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