Hi everyone! My name is Julia Caterino and I am a rising senior at the University of Pittsburgh. I am majoring in Media & Professional Communications with a minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS). This summer I have the honor of participating in the Brackenridge Fellowship through the David C. Frederick Honors College….
Category: Research Fellowship
Taking a Look Back at My CUTF Experience: My Journey From Student to UTA
I remember last year in the Spring when I was a student sitting in the classroom learning concepts from CHEM 1000: Mathematics for Chemistry. This spring semester, I will be part of the classroom, not only as a student but also as a UTA. Assisting Professor Hutchison, I deepened my understanding of teaching throughout the…
CURF: Reflections
About mathematical research. Mathematical research differs from other sciences in several ways, notably in the timing of publishing results, which can take years. This is primarily because mathematics especially pure mathematics relies on abstract logical deductions rather than physical experiments. (This could lead to claims that math is not a science per Popper’s demarcation criterion.)…
CURF #3: My CURF
Throughout my time in Dr. Freyberg’s lab this semester, I was able to conduct my own research that will be crucial for subsequent phases of our project. This was my first time conducting research independently in lab, and although I was excited to get started, the process seemed a bit daunting. However, I knew I…
CURF #3: My CURF
The CURF was a unique opportunity to expand my research through a self-directed paper. With my mentor’s support, I was able to navigate this unique set-up to effectively tie my research on different topics of queer representation in popular Indian, specifically Hindi language, media together and explore options to expand my research. During my time…
My CURF
Research is an extremely broad term that describes the process of finding new information and contributing to the knowledge base of the topic in question. One thing about research that I discovered is that as broad as research is in terms of the fields that it can be done in, specific research projects can be…
My CURF Experience
While I have been working with Dr. Lotze for quite some time now, I got to be a part of a new project this semester. It was similar to a previous project I did in terms of the data collected, but we had a different goal and approach: can we use immune cell receptor proteins…
CURF #3: Reflecting on my Research Experience
During the semester, I very much enjoyed doing research in Dr. Hong’s group. I have been (and still am) involved in multiple projects involving different areas of work related to the ATLAS detector at CERN. In these last months, I learnt to be more comfortable with working in a collaborative environment, where my contributions are…
Reflecting on My Experiences as a Research Fellow (CURF 3)
As the semester draws to a close, I wanted to use this post as an opportunity to reflect on my experiences as a research fellow this semester. Overall, I would say I’ve learned a lot about conducting independent research and the research process in general through this fellowship. For anyone who needs a refresher on…
CUTF #3 – Pitt to the Point – An Experimental Learning Experience
It is hard to believe that I was sitting for the first time in front of Pitt to the Point: TV News Practicum a few months ago. There were some familiar faces, people who had taken the class with me the previous semester (you can take the course twice!), and some new faces, including many…