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REU – What does it mean, and what does it stand for?

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Teresa Brown

So far, all of my posts have focused on historical research. But I started my journey at Columbia with the intention to major in mathematics and no plans to take a single history class. In the spring of my freshman … Continue reading →

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The P3 in University Writing

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sara Bell

One of my favorite icebreaker questions at Columbia is “What’d you write your P3 on?” The P3, for those uninitiated, is the Phase 3 essay in University Writing, a Core course required for all Columbia College and Engineering students. The … Continue reading →

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Finding the Intersections in All Subjects

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Rhea Sahai

The summer before I got to Columbia as a freshman, I decided that I wanted to go to medical school. Looking back, the nine seasons of Grey’s Anatomy I watched that summer played no small part in that decision—Patrick Dempsey’s … Continue reading →

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Digital and Physical Archives: An Exploration of Budapest through Research

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Teresa Brown

At times, the internet creates the illusion that the whole world is available at our fingertips, the illusion that anyone can become an expert in anything. Other times, its many shortcomings are far more obvious. Take for example a side … Continue reading →

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Using the Words of the Past to Define the Future

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Rhea Sahai

At the beginning of my second semester of CC, my professor asked us all to write down a response on an index card to the question “What do you hope to get out of this class?” My response was, “The … Continue reading →

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