Remembering DDay
My love for physics had grown to the point that I knew I wanted to pursue a Ph.D., but I never had the chance to tell DDay.
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Nicole E. Félix Vélez
- May 29, 2020
- 7 min
Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League
No puede ser, esto está mal. Era dirigido a otra Nicole. Ya mismo me llega otro email diciendo que fue un error.
Briley Lewis
- May 28, 2020
- 12 min
Home is Wherever I Am
It became clear to me that home was not something permanent, no matter how desperately I wanted that to be true.
Claudia Lopez Lloreda
- May 18, 2020
- 4 min
Embrace the ‘Ands’
How would I be able to juggle these different identities—graduate student, writer, and Puerto Rican— without one infringing upon the other?
Beth Bartel
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
I Was Scared by Volcanoes, so I Decided to Study Them
I was petrified of volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, high winds, lightning, and even--when I was very young--the sound of the ocean.
Daniel Inafuku
- Jan 26, 2020
- 6 min
Surf's Up, and I'm Far Out
I sometimes imagine how my path would be different if I had pursued music instead of science.
Nicole E. Félix Vélez
- Jan 6, 2020
- 7 min
Blowing Away the Ivy Narrative
No way, this is a mistake. This email is probably directed to another Nicole. I’ll get a second email soon saying it was a mistake.
Linda Nhon
- Nov 30, 2019
- 10 min
I Got Kicked Out Of a Lab, and Three Lessons I Derived from It
...feelings of failure are physical. I threw up my dinner that night, I could not stop crying, and my body would not stop trembling.
David Hu
- Oct 23, 2019
- 6 min
"Wasteful Research"? Nah.
Failure in research is essential. If you fear failure it could distort the way you choose projects and ultimately impede science progress.
Laurie Luckritz
- Sep 25, 2019
- 7 min
My Evolution
What the issue really came down to for me was whether the creation story was literal and whether macroevolution was legitimate.
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