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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: Summer Research
Research in a Medieval Cathedral
Last summer, I spent four weeks in London through the Richmond Williams Travelling fellowship, a grant that the English department offers to rising seniors to do thesis research abroad. Arriving in London in July, I knew I wanted to research … Continue reading
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A Speaking, Bleeding Book: The Relevance of the Core Outside the West
My faith in the value of the Core has wavered on some occasions: during exam periods, while slogging through an exceptionally-dense reading, and in the last half-hour of any seminar discussion on a warm spring afternoon (to name a few … 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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Senior Spring Reflections: The Early Days
As the Class of 2025 prepares to take on its last semester of college this spring, Rose Research Fellows Alan Chen and Janus Yuen (CC‘25) discuss how they first found their way to their programs of study and areas of … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty Mentors, major research, postgraduation plans, Senior Thesis, Study Abroad, Summer Research, The Canon, The Core, The Humanities
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Researching in Small Archives: Sample Emails
In my previous blog post, I wrote about researching in small archives. This week I am sharing tips for making contact with small archives. While the art of the cold e-mail may differ somewhat depending on who you write, think … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Faculty Mentors, Historic Sites, Libraries, major research, New York City, Summer Research, The Humanities
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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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Exploring Paris through Its Archives
Archival research is already demanding enough as is, so the challenge can only mount when researching in a foreign language in a foreign archive. If you find yourself in this situation, however, fret not! In the blog post that follows, I … Continue reading
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Visual Arts and Academics: Bringing Both Together
Deep in the tall grasses and dry underbrush of the prairies of eastern Kansas, I crouch, my grandfather’s old film camera slung over my shoulder. Trees sway with the wind blowing over the lake ahead of me, and my sister … Continue reading
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My HRSP (Humanities Research Scholars Program) Journey: The Fruits of a Failed Project
Okay, I might be exaggerating a little when I say that I “failed” in my research, but bear with me, and I’ll explain why I think the failure of my project was more fruitful than if it had “succeeded.” In … Continue reading
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