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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: STEM research
Research and Higher Ed in Crisis
Somewhere between the libraries, laboratories, classrooms, and faculty offices on campus, something in the university has gone quiet. The buzzing of intellectuals at work and the powerhouse centers of academia tackling their pressing challenges is harder to detect, and if … Continue reading
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My Rollercoaster of Research
This summer I got to see what conducting research is really like, and it wasn’t like in the movies – it was even better. Unlike the movies, there were no bubbling beakers, or lab coats, all I had was a … Continue reading
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The Two Languages of the Mind: Where Precision Becomes Its Own Poetry
There is a silence that lives in the brain. It lingers long before disease makes itself visible—before tremors betray the hand, before movement slows into stiffness. In Parkinson’s disease, that silence is often filled with shadows of a different kind: … Continue reading
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A Beginner’s Guide to Grant Proposals
A grant can provide the foundational financial support needed to launch a new initiative or revitalize an existing one. Grants range in terms of funding packages large and small and stem from a variety of sources, including state governments, city … Continue reading
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Thank you to Chile, and Thank you to Columbia: Logistics for Successful Research Abroad
My summer research abroad as a rising junior (2023) provided me with the confidence to pursue international research within the social sciences. As a Laidlaw Scholar, I worked with the Tourism Federation of Chile to develop their sustainability guidelines. Here’s … Continue reading
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A Walk in the Park: Urban Lyme Disease Mitigation
Do ticks tick you off? Does the thought of Lyme leave a sour taste in your mouth? I don’t mean to frighten you, but, if you live in New York City, tick bites might be closer than you think. In … Continue reading
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One Year In: Reflections on Research
My LinkedIn recently reminded me that I have hit the one-year mark since starting my laboratory research here at Columbia. So I asked myself: over the past year, what have I learned? Not only about translation in prokaryotes (which I … Continue reading
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One Email and Few Fruit Flies
You never know where one email might take you. One email landed me a spot in a lab, a scholarship, a work study job, then another few scholarships, a research class, a few publications, and so much more. To say … Continue reading
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Humanities Research Scholars Program: A Deep Dive!
Next in our series of deep dives into specific fellowships is the Humanities Research Scholars Program, or HRSP! (The first deep dive on the Laidlaw Scholars Program is linked here.) HRSP provides five rising juniors in Columbia College with funding, … Continue reading
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From Research to Researcher: Producing Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable Data
For the past six weeks, I have been fortunate to join peers from across the United States in learning about the principles of the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Data, both in its generation and application through the dkNET … Continue reading
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