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…
Category: Research Fellowship
CUTF #3 ‘My CUTF’: Autism Representation in Young Adult Literature
I cannot express how incredible this experience was, and I learned so much about instruction and pedagogy during my time with the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship. I believe that nothing parallels experience when it comes to learning about education, and this fellowship provided me with the opportunity to get experience while working with an awesome…
CUTF Blog Post #2 ‘Learning Through Teaching’: Autism Representation in Young Adult Literature
I have learned so much through my CUTF teaching experience so far, and I am very excited to share! My mentor for this project is Dr. Jesse Jack, a professor in the English literature department here at Pitt. Last semester, I was the UTA for her class “Representing Adolescence,” and she permitted me to teach…
CURF 2: Becoming a Researcher
My involvement in Dr. Freyberg’s lab started during my sophomore year, after developing an interest in neuroscience and psychiatric medicine. After taking an introductory neuroscience course, I became more curious about how researchers went about studying the cellular mechanisms of neurological disorders, and how they created treatments. Among these included Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and…
CURF #2: My Story In Research
As an international student who transferred to Pitt, I was not totally aware of the number of research opportunities offered for undergraduates. When I first got here, I looked into the website of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and saw what topics our professors were interested in. I have always been very curious about…
Becoming a Researcher: My Experience and Advice
Before I got to college, I always wanted to do research. I love learning, and I view becoming a researcher as a way to make learning my job. I knew that I wanted to spend time as an undergraduate student performing research so I could work towards this career goal. When searching for labs to…
CURF #2: Becoming a Researcher
Hello everyone! It has been almost a month since my last blog post, but so much has happened with my progress with modeling my proteins since then. I finished up the surface model of the keratin I chose to 3D model, and the image will be linked down below! I am currently working on fine-tuning…
CURF: My Journey to Becoming a Researcher
Hey everyone! My post today is about my journey to working on my current research project with my research mentor, Dr. Judy Chang. I initially came across Dr. Chang’s research during the summer after my freshman year of college. I started to develop an interest in pursuing a career in women’s health during that time…
Becoming a Film And Media Studies Researcher: CURF
The CURF is my third fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh and my second fellowship through Fredrick’s Honors College. Through my other fellowships, I have had the opportunity to learn about research methods in the Humanities and how it compares to research in other fields. I got into Humanities research through my Introduction to Film…
CUTF: Learning Through Teaching
Wow, it’s now halfway through the semester! From hosting my first office hours to creating a study guide for Examlet 1, I was able to learn so much in grasping the crucial qualities of an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA). This is my very first time being a teaching assistant for CHEM 1000: Mathematics for Chemistry,…