Hello again! I’m back with some updates. My original project— looking at whether LGBTQ+ teens have different experiences and perceive different levels of support from their online-only friends than their non-LGBTQ+ peers— was slightly derailed because not all of my participants had completed the measure I planned to use to measure perceived closeness at this…
Category: Brackenridge
From Uncertainty to Clarity: My Brackenridge Research Experience
Hello! My name is Su bin An and I am a rising senior, majoring in Psychology. I am here again to share my experience with my summer Brackenridge research. This summer, I worked with my mentor, Dr. Leslie Horton, and research staff in the YETI lab. I explored how the caregivers’ stress affects the social…
Brackenridge Reflection: How A Documentary Comes To Life
After months of writing, shooting, (panicking), and editing, the documentary project that I’ve been pursuing over the course of this summer is finally taking shape. There’s still work to be done, but seeing your effort pay off is a feeling like no other. It’s been an exciting, hectic, educational experience that I’m grateful to have…
Brackenridge Final Reflection
Hi everyone, Chloe here again with a reflection of my project this summer. Working on this Brackenridge project has been such a valuable experience. I know that I would definitely like to pursue a career in research, likely in developmental biology. My passion for research has fueled my commitment to my project; my curiosity has…
Unraveling Poison Ivy’s Response to Climate Change… and my Research Experience
Hi everyone! As the Brackenridge and MCSI summer programs come to a close, I’m going to take a look at the work I’ve done, what I’ve learned, and where I’m going. For those of you not scouring this blog for my original post and dutifully reading up on all of that, I’m Kayleigh Phillips, a…
Katelyn’s Brackenridge Reflection
It’s been a few eventful months of long days working at the bench, troubleshooting difficulties, and collecting data. I was able to achieve most of what I laid out in my original proposal, but not without setbacks. I originally planned to investigate what the loss of apoC3 does to the intestine in both the whole-mouse…
Brackenridge Reflection- Exploring Drug Delivery using Polymer Microparticles
Hi everyone! My name is Stacia Subick, and I am a senior chemical engineering student at Pitt! I had the honor of participating in the Brackenridge fellowship program this summer, conducting independent research in Dr. Steven Little’s lab. My project focused on investigating suppression of the immune response in mice through the use of polymer…
Exploring Parental Money Talk — My Brackenridge Reflection
Hello everyone for the last time this summer! As a reminder of who I am — my name is Hanna Enos, and I’m a rising junior majoring in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience, Linguistics, and Applied Statistics. This summer, I worked under the guidance of my mentor Dr. Melissa Libertus to explore data from an…
Concluding My Brackenridge Experience
My Brackenridge experience this summer has been both challenging and rewarding, and I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity to have strengthened skills I can use moving forward in my academic journey. One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned is that research is an explorative process. Although I set out on this project with what…
Math Learning Through Routine-Brackenridge Reflection
As summer draws to a close and fall slowly approaches, I want to take the time to reflect on my journey participating in the Brackenridge Research Fellowship summer program. First, a brief introduction: my name is Felicia Shen and I am a rising senior with a Psychology major, an Applied Statistics minor, and a Children’s…