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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.
Category Archives: Laidlaw Scholars
“Reclaiming Our Narrative”: An Analysis of Afghan History and Cold War Politics
Coming to Columbia University as a transfer student in the Fall of 2024, I had one goal, which was to advance the research I had begun during my freshman year. Ever since 2021, when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Laidlaw Scholars, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
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Reflections on Taking Research Abroad
I didn’t come to Columbia with aspirations of traveling abroad– New York City already felt like a foreign country to me, and its museums, languages, and libraries have enough to occupy ten lifetimes’ worth of curiosity. In my sophomore year, … Continue reading
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