Throughout this semester, I have had the opportunity to delve into an area of art history that personally interests me, using my own curiosities to guide my research. This is how I imagine all professors plan and design their courses—with their own passions serving as the foundation for their lectures. As a student, I have…
Author: joshuaxnguyen
CUTF: From Buddhist to Southeast Asian Art
Each Monday evening during the Fall of 2022, I looked forward to my trek to the Frick Fine Arts Building. Located in the upstairs corner was HAA 1641: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, a course that perfectly blended my interests in Asian and contemporary art. As I learned about ink painting and calligraphy or Mao…
CUTF Introduction: Why Southeast Asian Art?
Hello readers! My name is Josh Nguyen (he/him), and I am a senior in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, I am double majoring in the history of art and architecture (HAA) and microbiology, with a minor in chemistry and certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. Outside…
Transporting Lipids Further
As I spearheaded my project through the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship, I have not only developed a new set of skills, but also learned to acknowledge and reconcile with my own limitations. Moving from broad topics in my previous research like atherosclerosis and thyroid carcinoma to a focused subject like apolipoproteinC-III (apoC-III), my approach to…
Grant Writing and a Cappuccino
“Grant writing requires a cappuccino. And ideas. But mostly the cappuccino.” This was the line that pushed me to join the Kohan Lab in the Fall of 2020, where I have been ever since. Throughout my early school years, I have always asked why and how to better explain the world around me and define…
Understanding Lipid Transport
Welcome! My name is Josh Nguyen (he/him), and I am a senior in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, I am double majoring in microbiology and the history of art and architecture, with a minor in chemistry and a certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. Outside of…