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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
A Research Assistant’s Summer
A few weeks ago, I wrapped up my summer research internship at Columbia Business School (CBS). Their internship program provides students a paid opportunity to work on a summer project with CBS faculty across multiple quantitative social science disciplines: finance, … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty Mentors, Summer Research, Uncategorized
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Paid Research isn’t Just a Dream, It Can Be Your Reality
For this blog, I interviewed Esterah Brown, one of my close friends at Columbia who’s also a graduating senior, like me! Esterah is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and studies Political Science and History. As someone with experience only in neuroscience research, … Continue reading
Posted in courses, New York City, postgraduation plans, Senior Thesis, Summer Research
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An Interview About Undergraduate Math Research
For this blog post, I interviewed Cat R., one of my friends from high school, who is currently studying pure math and has been involved in a long-term research project for the past 6 months. Sara: Introduce yourself! What type … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, STEM research, Summer Research
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On The “STEM/Humanities Divide” And Getting Messy
I spent the longest summer of my adolescence in the company of more fish than people. There were mosquitofish, bass, alewife, three-spined stickleback, guppy, herring; fish that had been preserved since 2013 and fish that were euthanized early that morning; … Continue reading
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A Researcher Without Research to Do
A couple of weeks ago, I heard a mom shriek from my living room and ran to see my mom standing on top of a chair, pointing at a mouse scurrying across the floor. I shrieked and quickly climbed on … Continue reading
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How to Prepare for a Hurricane, How to Prepare for Research
I am waiting for Douglas. I am waiting for a hurricane. A few days ago, around the time COVID-19 cases began spiking in the islands, news of a hurricane surfaced. As the storm barrelled across the Pacific Ocean, my family … Continue reading
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