Intern Blog Postings

Week 6: The Fourth of July!- Short Week!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Jacob Zalkind

The Fourth of July!- Short Week!

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Week 6: Fourth of July

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

With the fourth of July coming quicker than I could anticipate, the work week flew by way to fast. Caleb and I, with a sigh of relief, finished our first pass cataloguing, documenting, printing, and analyzing the entirety of the usable IUE spectrograph data.

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Week 6: First week at NIST and July Fourth

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Kearns Louis-Jean

My first day at NIST went really well. My boss Dr. Catherine Rimmer is really fun to work for. I also met Ms. Karen Cloud who is a former participant of the NIST summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers.

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Week 5: Getting to Know Each Other

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Kelby Peterson

Ashley, Simon and I "Touring Texas" at Safeway's National BBQ Battle

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Week 5: In the summertime, when the weather is high . . .

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Caleb L. Heath

So is the mercury. And the humidity. And yes, the sky is far too close for my liking. But hey, it's been not bad for rain this year. I have yet to be utterly destroyed by freak rain showers. My hair's gone out of control, but it does that anyway. You're really disappointing me DC!

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Week 5: Busy social week! And looking forward!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Mark Sellers

This past weekend was super fun! I went to go see Speakers of the House, a Baltimore boogaloo (aka, funk) group at Jazz in the Garden. Even though I got there a little late, I managed to snag a spot right by the stage!

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Week 5: A Day in the Life of Ben

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Benjamin Perez

It's interesting how fast 5 weeks will go by when doing research. One minute you are scrambling to take in all this information the project throws at you and the next your advisor is talking about your final presentation.

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Week 5: Half Way Point

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Ashley Finger

I came into this internship with an affinity for a busy schedule and I'm happy to say that as my fifth week in Washington, D.C. comes to a close, my "to do" list is becoming longer rather than shorter as I learn about more opportunities this city has to offer.

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Week 5: Lab Company, Finally!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Kirsten Randle

As Felipe returned to the lab after an eventful journey back from Mexico, my surroundings have become a little less silent. This week I finished up the draft of my paper, sent it to Dr. Chuss and Karwan for review and also got to get my hands a little dirty in the lab.

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Week 5: BBQ and Argonauts!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Simon Patane

This past week was filled with more than a few adventurous days! Last weekend began with an outing to Jazz in the Garden outside of the National Gallery of Art. Mark and I planned on meeting up with several of the other interns, but my plans changed slightly once we arrived.

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