Now that my fellowship this summer is over, it’s interesting for me to look back on how I went into my project and how my perspective has shifted. This experience has been a wonderful one, and there are many things I have learned from it, and many ways i’ve changed over the summer. The biggest…
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Wrapping up my Brackenridge Summer
I spent this summer analyzing my data and writing up a final report of my findings. As a refresher: I was studying the menstrual knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Tribal women in southern Karnataka, India. My results were mostly in-line with current research, except for a few key responses which stood out. It definitely shocked…
Growing My Research Tree: A Brackenridge Reflection
As the summer ends, I am grateful to reflect on a rewarding summer of research in the Brackenridge Fellowship. My project studying the contemporary collection and display of quilts from Gee’s Bend, Alabama is only growing as I look forward to the fall semester. Thankfully, becoming a Brackenridge Fellow allowed me to understand my project…
The End of My Brackenridge Journey: Learning & Reflection
Hi everyone! My name is Naiya Patel and I am a rising sophomore in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. I am on the pre-med track majoring in neuroscience and minoring in Economics and Chemistry. As the summer comes to a close, so does my Brackenridge fellowship, which I am honored to have been…
Embracing the Unknown: Reflecting on My Brackenridge Experience
The Brackenridge Summer Research Fellowship has been an enlightening experience, deepening my understanding of scientific research and my field of psychology. It has also given me valuable insights into my future career and academic paths, even as it has left me pondering some uncertainties. Deepened Understanding of Research Over the summer, my focus on my…
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 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…
Reflections in my lab’s window: My Brackenridge Summer
Research is … slow. If you asked me what I would be doing today, July 26th, then I first applied to the Brackenridge Fellowship, I would have told you that I’d be testing participants and collecting data. What am I really doing today? Still developing experimental stimuli and preparing my Institutional Review Board (IRB) application….