Intern Blogs

We spent much of our time working on our posters. We gained valuable feedback after presenting our progress so far on Tuesday and even more when we met with Kimberly on Thursday. The whole process of crafting our poster reminded me of our team building activities in June and when we first started building the…

I always ride my bike to VRAC from the apartment, so one day Alex came up to me and Ayman before we headed back home and shared with us info about a secret shortcut through a metal tunnel. I wasn’t quite sure where it was located, but I had keywords such as railroad, parking lot,…

While leaving VRAC and going home, Kris, Amy, and Rebekah taught me how to tie my hair in a bun. Then, Curtis brought me, Andric, Kris, and her husband to Hickory Park. Leaving this REU program, I will miss moments like these that come from knowing and living together closely over the past ten weeks.…