Hello! My name is Emily Estrada. I am an incoming senior at UM, an Economics major, and an out-of-state transfer student. Prior to attending the University of Michigan, I spent the first 2 years of my undergraduate at a local community college. Career-wise, I hope to become a college professor and initiate research that reflects…
Category: Blog Posts
Here are some suggestions on how to write an effective blog:
– This is not an essay or scientific paper! Use first person, contractions- your own personal voice. While you want to use proper spelling and grammar, don’t feel like you need to confine yourself to the standard essay format you’re used to in other classes.
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– Use pictures when relevant. They make your post more visually appealing and interesting to read.
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– Please be respectful in your posts and comments. Do not use any offensive or derogatory language.
– While there is no word count for written blog posts, please make sure your posts are insightful and contain all the necessary information. For those of you who aren’t sure where to start, 250-500 words is a good range to follow.
– The target audience is you prior to taking this course
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A Letter to my Future Self
Hello there! My name is Malee Davis, and it is nice to meet you. I will be a senior in the fall which is both exciting and very nerve-wracking. I will be completing a double major in both biology, health, and society, as well as women’s and gender studies (WGS). I work as an RA,…
Reflections + Moving Forward
Immersing myself into the world of research over this past summer has been extremely formative. I have built upon old skills and developed new ones, forged strong professional relationships, and developed my voice in scientific writing, among other things. Although the time commitment to this lab was quite daunting, I believe I acclimated well to…
Reflections + Moving Forward – Zara Bedella
Reading through my first blog post, it’s surprising to see just how much I have learned in this lab in the last couple of months. I remember how nervous I felt to be trying things that were completely new, but now these are things that I feel very confident doing. I think I have also…
Reflections & Advice – Lauren Penrose
As an avid journaler I am someone who thoroughly enjoys reflecting. When reading back my first WAGSFP journal entry I was correct in my assumptions. I did overestimate how much time I had before starting the poster and I did make errors in the new programming I used this summer. With the errors, though, I…
Reflections + Moving Forward – Emily Warden
Reflecting back on my first blog post, it is really awesome to see how much I have grown since May. When I wrote that first blog post, I remember thinking that every laboratory task felt incredibly complicated. Even simple things, like knowing where different solutions were stored, were unknown to me. Tissue extraction and microscopy…
Update on My Research Experience – Beatrice H.
Since the beginning of the Summer Fellowship, I’ve grown a considerable amount. For one, I’ve learned to be more conscious of my responsibilities within my team. Additionally, I became more comfortable with my shortcomings in skill, and I continue to use that as a motivation to be more immersed in my project. The technical challenges…
Update on my Research Experience – Olivia Morreale
I have absolutely loved my experiences in the lab thus far. Over the past two weeks, my mentor and I spent hours upon hours writing and finalizing IRB paperwork. I spent many of these days at my new favorite coffee shop (shoutout Vertex Coffee!) sipping an oat-milk Chai latte. With plants and queer art everywhere,…
Social Identity + Updates on My Research Experience – Lauren Penrose
With my WAGSFP project it’s certainly been a learning curve. I considered myself decently well-versed in the research process, but getting into the nitty-gritty of the analysis and coding has been a new and admittedly challenging experience. I am being pushed to quickly pick up unfamiliar coding in order to establish relationships between my variables…
Update on my Research Experience – Zara Bedella
I have really enjoyed my research on ovarian cancer – there is so much to learn about the goals of the project as well as the specifics of how pax genes play a part in the oviduct. Learning all of the details of the research in our short time over the summer is definitely a…