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What’s the Research Symposium Anyway? A Guide From a 2x Winner

  Every October, Columbia invites students’ families to campus for a weekend full of “intellectual, informational, and social events designed to let you experience, if only for a few days, what it means to be a Columbia student.” The highlight … Continue reading

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Searching for a research opportunity? Start here!

Navigating the research landscape for student opportunities can seem intimidating – here are some tips on where to start with brainstorming and searching. Picture your ideal opportunity Jot down a few notes relevant to the kind of experience you are … Continue reading

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Presenting Your Research at an Academic Conference

If you’ve read my previous posts on this blog, you’ll know that I was given the opportunity to present my research at the 2021 University of Tennessee Knoxville Undergraduate Classics Conference. This year, I had the chance to return to … Continue reading

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An Interview with Helen Ruger about the Laidlaw Scholars Program (Part 1)

This month, I spoke with a friend and fellow Classics major about her experiences with the Laidlaw Scholars program. Below is the first part of our conversation, in which we talk about how she was introduced to the program, her … Continue reading

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Research Symposium!

About two months ago, Columbia and URF hosted their annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, an event that allows students to showcase research projects they have been working on. It happened to coincide with Family Days Weekend, and I eagerly waited on … Continue reading

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Classics Conferences in the Time of COVID: My Experience Presenting Research in 2020

It might be helpful to think of this post as a “Part 2” to what I wrote last month. If you haven’t had a chance to take a look, in that post I discussed how I developed a final paper … Continue reading

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