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The CCRA blog is authored by Columbia undergraduate researchers, who are invited to reflect on all aspects of the research process and their own undergraduate research experiences, beginning (but not ending) with the Core.
Author Archives: Ishaan Barrett
On Doing it Over Again
Nearing the end of my college experience, it is easy to identify the things that I have enjoyed most while here at Columbia. Harder, though, is articulating the different paths I would have taken, topics I would have explored, and … Continue reading
Posted in Senior Spring, STEM
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Research and Scholarship as Leadership
I don’t think I’m the first person to establish a connection between the act of research and producing scholarship as a form of leadership. Any contribution to a field, regardless of scope or the scale of its impact, requires a … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
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Marathoning and the Yearlong Thesis
As a senior in the urban studies program, the yearlong thesis is a requirement for graduation and, at least in the four months since I began my work, a deeply formative experience. But from what I can tell, the experience … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Libraries, Libraries, Senior Thesis
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Research and Industry: The Professional Practice of Inquiry
For over half my undergraduate career, I helped lead a social impact consulting club on campus. Most of our work was relegated to public interest work and focused on empowering nonprofit groups to tackle fundraising, engagement, and strategic challenges in … Continue reading
Posted in Extracurriculars
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AI Ethics and Research
In a little over five minutes, Adam Aleksic’s Ted Talk about social media, language trends, and AI software completely changed my relationship with writing. It’s no great secret that the tools Aleksic is talking about—Sora, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others—have … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Uncategorized
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