After my short 10 weeks with ARCHI, I’ve learned more than I could have imagined. I’ve taken away both skills and knowledge that will continue to aid me in my journey at Pitt. One takeaway is the fact that change does not come quickly, especially on a systems level, but everyday progress is made and…

Going into the last week of my internship with ARCHI, I am trying to understand where the time went. It feels like just yesterday I was getting introduced to the team and catching up on meetings, and here I am presenting research, and finishing up my time with ARCHI. Working at this unique collaborative, I…

Five weeks have flown by, and in the blink of an eye, I’m halfway through my summer internship with ARCHI. In that time, I have been exposed to more people, topics, and projects than I could have imagined. I have researched media representations of crime and violence, created weekly vaccination reports for the Atlanta region,…

Hello! My name is Mikaela Moore (she/her) and I am one of the University Honors College Public Service Internship Award recipients for the summer of 2021. I am a rising senior majoring in Biology with minors in Social Work, French, Music, and Chemistry. I am originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, and in my free time…