Hi everyone! My name is Olivia Jayakar and I am currently a WAGSFP fellow. I am a rising senior majoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. I also minor in CASC (Community Action and Social Change) and IGR (Intergroup Relations Education). After being in UROP Changing Gears this past school year, my interest in research has…
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Seminar From Afar
My finger hovers over the “Join Call” button, wondering if my cursor can feel my anticipation. I’m about to log into my first group seminar for WAGSFP, meaning that I’ll finally have the chance to virtually “meet” the other students in my fellowship cohort. Though we’ve been getting to know each other for weeks through…
WAGSFP
Hi everyone! My name is Claire Goods (She/Her) and I am a member of WAGSFP. Currently I am working with the MiND Lab as a research assistant. The goal of this lab is to understand how gene x environment interactions affect the way a person develops. Some examples of environment are parenting styles, family income,…
Learning and Interning
Hey everyone! Before I start rambling about how much I love my research project, I want to first introduce myself. My name is Leilani Fonseca and I am a rising sophomore in the school of LSA. I plan on double majoring in psychology and sociology with a sup-plan in law, justice, social change. I hope…
Jul 30, 2020
Hello everyone, Last Saturday, I finally had the chance to drop the prototyped laser cutter off, which I’ve been working with most of the summer, and physically meet the artisan that we’re working with (with social distancing rules). That moment reaffirmed me of the work with real people, as the continuing months of online learning…
July 29th Update
Hi everyone! Welcome to my final update for WAGSFP. *insert crying emoji here* As my final blog post, I’d like to write an overall summary of things I’ve learned about research, and myself through this opportunity this summer. I’m very grateful there was a chance to continue research through this program in this peculiar summer.…
July 27th Update
My research project has gotten very exciting just in the past week. We are starting to see some really cool data from our surveys, and we are kicking off virtual interviews after troubleshooting some unforeseen connection issues. Rather than just writing plans and talking about them, we are now diving into them, and it has…
The Allure of Inaction
For me and many others, Covid-19 has been the age of ScreenTime™ to a level which my prior life could never rival. Every morning I wake up to the sound of my phone alarm and lazily scroll through Instagram and the news until I feel ready to conquer the day. Then, I commute to the…
July 20 Update!
Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well! Let’s get right to it: CATCH-UP Since my last blog post, I’ve finished looking through all of the elective labor induction patients who delivered at the CNM Service. After compiling records from specific prenatal appointments that indicated they were going to receive an elective induction, I looked…
July 15th
Hi everyone, We’re nearing the end of our UROP program, and I feel like everyone is probably tying up a lot of their loose ends and getting their project ready. At least, that’s what I’m doing. I’ve learned a lot in the past month, and I’m excited to show everyone what I’ve learned. I have…