Week 2:
Getting Started in the Gonda Building
June 15, 2021 | Dale Chihuly’s glass chandelier in the Gonda building lobby This week brought many new experiences and the beginnings of great relationships with my fellow interns. By the end, most of us were fully in-person and scoring the polysomnograms, or PSGs, that we had been learning about from day one of last week. Beginning with a […]
Week 1:
Virtual Introduction to Mayo Clinic
June 8, 2021 | Our first-day introductions. From top left to bottom right: supervisor Paul Timm, me, David, Olivia, Kevin, Chloe, Jacob. June 1st, 2021 My name is Gwen and I’m from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I’m a rising junior at Cornell College double majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Spanish. I’m pre-med with the goal of conducting representative […]
Week 3:
Flying Solo
June 8, 2021 | My third week at Iowa Raptor Project was very eventful. I learned a lot and I got a couple opportunities to ‘fly solo’. The week began with learning how to clean the mews. In order to do this, we started by taking each raptor out of their mew and putting them in a hood. Not […]
Week 2:
Initiation
June 8, 2021 | June 6, 2021 Work Week Whirlwind This week was an absolute whirlwind. I had not been able to do more than a shadow in the lab until this week because I had issues registering for the required training. Once I finally registered, I was able to learn lab techniques in a professional setting. I saw […]
Week 2:
A Difficult Week for the Better
June 8, 2021 | New and Old Projects This week I spent more time working on some new projects, and continued with what I had started last week. A new project I started with another intern was working on creating educational lessons for kids. I am definitely excited for this, as I am more interested in the educational side […]
Week 3:
Deploying the Sensor
June 8, 2021 | The Sensor This week was very similar to the previous two weeks, work on the water sensor and collect the water samples, that was until Friday came. We deployed the water sensor! This is just a trial run, to make sure that the sensor is accurate and working as expected. The sensor was deployed on […]
Week 1:
California Calling
June 8, 2021 | Last week, after 17 hours of driving and numerous stretch breaks, I finally arrived in California. This summer, I am an intern at Microtek, a small, San Diego based, biotech company that specializes in the design and production of micro-scale medical devices. Since many of Microtek’s projects have a medical nature, the company is especially […]
Week 1 and 2:
Raptor Conservation
June 3, 2021 | This summer I decided to find an opportunity related to my major, which is Environmental Studies with a concentration on Wildlife Conservation. As I applied for internships, I came across an opportunity to be an intern at Iowa Raptor Project in Solon, Iowa. I found out about this opportunity from an alumnus who is a […]
Week 1:
New Experiences and Spider Friends
June 3, 2021 | In-Person at AAMI My first week started on Wednesday, so I got to slowly wade into this exciting new experience. In adapting to the pandemic, I am only going to the museum in person twice a week and spending the other three days working from home. My first day at the African American Museum of […]
Week 2:
First Boating Experience
June 3, 2021 | This week I started working daily on the water quality sensor. I created a schematic that we can use to recreate the sensor in the future. Currently, we are testing the water sensor to ensure the accuracy of the sensor in the lab. It’s been a long but simple process to test the accuracy of […]