When I applied to BSURF, I didn’t know what I was going to do this summer. I thought that as long as it was related to biology, I should be fine. I have to say that this program exceeded my expectations.
From giving me the opportunity to experience research to meeting some really awesome people in my class, BSURF really expanded my view of my future college years.
One of my favorite parts of the program was listening to different faculty members give talks about their life journey’s, work, and insights. I think that these talks helped give me a lot of guidance for what my next steps should be in my science career.
Duke places special emphasis on their research and that really becomes evident when you see the effort put into programs that empower undergrads and give them resources to succeed in research.
I would like to thank Grace, Kehali, Dr. Grunwald, and Dr. Harrell as well as the Dong Lab for such a great and well-planned summer! Special shout-out to Yezi, my awesome mentor! Thanks for being patient with me and continually being so good-natured throughout this experience.
This concludes my final week of BSURF and my final blog post.
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