August 10, 2021 | This past week has been one of a kind. We have grown in numerous ways in our mentor-mentee relationships with the kids and as colleagues and fellow leaders. The camp itself has contributed considerably to our self-exploration, self-awareness, and self-love. This is my friend Angelica. What has fascinated me is how kids can grow out […]

August 10, 2021 | One last selfie with the hospital at the forefront of the nation’s healthcare   My last week at Mayo Clinic with my lovely co-interns, supervisors, and PI Dr. St Louis went by breathtakingly quickly. By the end, I felt like there wasn’t enough time to complete all I had set out to do with our […]

August 10, 2021 | I learned a lot throughout the last two and a half months as an intern at the Iowa Raptor Project. Before I started as an intern, I did not know much about birds of prey. Now I can identify and handle birds of prey, know when they are stressed, and distinguish their feathers. I am […]

August 4, 2021 | This week I did a lot of self-reflection. Throughout this internship, I have been trying to figure out where this opportunity will take me in life. I have learned a lot about what my passions are and how I plan to pursue them. I initially thought I wanted to pursue a field in US Fish […]

August 4, 2021 | Jeffrey Stouts, in his book Blessed are the Organized, writes about a critical, foundational and passionate idea of power. This is pragmatic authority utilized towards the betterment of the authorized and the one authorizing. But it isn’t ordained by birth, skin color, or religious sect. It’s the kind of authority that is ‘earned’ over others. […]

August 4, 2021 | Olivia, Dr. St Louis, and I at this week’s Journal Club   Week 8 was devoted to quite a bit of shadowing and actually getting to write the COVI-SWA study methods, introduction, and results in sections. In journal club, we discussed a publication that delved into the neurological mechanisms underlying the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis. In […]

August 4, 2021 | Wow! This was my final week in the Big Apple!!!! I can’t believe that the time went by so quickly, but you may see me back here sooner than you’d think 😉 This week I had more appointments at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) division […]

August 4, 2021 | Things have really picked up here in my last week. Over these last few days, I have been busy attending training sessions, meetings, company events, and finishing my project. Early in the week, Microtek hosted a customer service and communication training session for any employee that wanted to attend. I joined in with hopes of […]

August 4, 2021 | This is my last week here in South Carolina. The workweek was mostly the same, but with the added stress of packing and doing an online class. It has been a great experience being here. I got to do things that I never had the opportunity to do before, like working in the lab and […]

August 4, 2021 | My last week in Dr. Yuan’s laboratory was the end of an experience for me but the start of something new for the lab. I continued working on my previous experiment. It looks as though all our samples will be completed by next week by the other lab members. As I prepared to leave Blacksburg, […]