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Collaboration of a Different Sort: My Experience with Summer Research
Collaboration of a Different Sort: My Experience with Summer Research
I fell into the Honors Summer Fellows summer cohort program by way of recommendation: a friend who had graduated and been a member of the…
Sam H Franz
Dec 30, 2019
The Value of Interdisciplinary Research
The Value of Interdisciplinary Research
This past summer I got to take part in the Honors Summer Fellowship (HSF) program, which is designed to support and guide students while…
Shannon Burton
Dec 16, 2019
A Week in the Life: Undergrad Research
A Week in the Life: Undergrad Research
Being a student always feels like a lot of work, but being a senior in college is a special kind of overwhelming. I’m double majoring in…
Shannon Burton
Oct 21, 2019
Maintaining Motivation: Tips on Staying Excited about Research
Maintaining Motivation: Tips on Staying Excited about Research
In long-term projects, especially self-guided ones, it can be hard to stay motivated during the tedium of daily research. I experienced…
Maeve O'Brien
Sep 9, 2019
The Bittersweet Truth about Taxing Soda
The Bittersweet Truth about Taxing Soda
What are soda taxes and why do Americans love to hate them?
Samantha Goldstein
Aug 18, 2019
Learn the Complex, Speak the Accessible
Learn the Complex, Speak the Accessible
Theoretical physics, and any science for that matter, needs not to be formidable to the general public.
Zhiquan Sun
Aug 15, 2019
Making it Matter: Choosing a Thesis Topic
Making it Matter: Choosing a Thesis Topic
In English classes, we often talk about the stakes of a text. This is a way of getting at the questions that drive the author or the…
Miriam Francisco
Aug 12, 2019
“If you can do it in five minutes, do it now!”
“If you can do it in five minutes, do it now!”
It seems like most students have heard the admonishment at one point or another: if you can do something, do it now. Get it done, out of…
Sam H Franz
Aug 7, 2019
How Do You Study a Disappearing Town?
How Do You Study a Disappearing Town?
The Excavations at Karanis and Why We Still Care
Shannon Burton
Aug 7, 2019
Research Experiences Are the Value-Added of Higher Education. Our Students Will Tell You How
Research Experiences Are the Value-Added of Higher Education. Our Students Will Tell You How
The title above is clickbait. Research experiences are not the value-added of higher education. They are just one of the most important…
Mika LaVaque-Manty
Aug 7, 2019
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