July 24, 2014
By: Michael Ortuño
Looking back and reflecting on my summer, I am grateful to have been accepted into the Howard Hughes Research Fellows program as well as happy to have accepted and participated in it. I would like to thank Dr. Grunwald, KP...
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July 23, 2014
By: Dani Smith
As the summer comes to an end, it is finally hitting me that I have to return to the harsh reality of classes soon. So instead of worrying about the semester ahead of me, I am choosing to reflect on...
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By: Aitana Zermeno
These past two months of research have flown by much faster than I expected, and that is probably because it feels like my research is just beginning. Although I am not sure yet whether I want to do research as...
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By: Daniel Lam
Throughout the 8 weeks of the research program, I have the opportunity to listen to research and life stories from many researchers, everyone with an interesting tale to tell. However, the one story that particularly inspires me is the life...
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July 22, 2014
By: Matt Alston
Throughout the 8-week program I have learned a ton in the lab. Coming in never having worked on an independent research project and never having even opened the MATLAB program, I was in a little over my head. I quickly...
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By: Alcida Karz
Every week this summer, we’ve had the opportunity to hear from extremely successful scientists about their career paths and research. The problem? They’re all extremely successful. It’s difficult not to hold a romantic view of scientific careers when you’ve only...
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By: Matt Alston
Normally in life there's a penalty for tardiness, but the Howard Hughes Program is hardly real life. A great stipend, free housing, and the opportunity to take on a research project as an undergrad under experienced and supportive faculty, are just some of...
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July 21, 2014
By: Michael Ortuño
I must say that all of the seminars so far during this program have been an absolute delight. I do have my favorites but I didn't dread any of them. What I really loved about some of the talks is...
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By: Jo Zhu
Seven weeks, nine awesome faculty talks, I certainly enjoyed all the “cool” science —from signal transduction pathways of pattern formation in Drosophila, mechanisms that enable the perfect balance of survival and growth in sea elegant, to social behaviors and their...
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By: Mitch Lee
Having the opportunity to attend private seminars given by some of Duke's most premiere researchers has been by far one of the most rewarding aspects of being an HHR Fellow. And it's rewarding for two reasons: because I get to...
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July 20, 2014
By: Dani Smith
I have never been a morning person. I generally don’t schedule classes before 10am during the year, because I know that I have a difficult time getting myself to pay attention to anything in the mornings. That being said, I...
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By: Levi Edouna
Professor Coggins seminar left a lasting impression on me, because he brought understanding and interest to someone not so well-versed in the field. Don't get me wrong, many of our other faculty seminars have been just as intriguing and as...
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By: Feimei Liu
One of my favorites about HHRF program is the biweekly faculty talks. I enjoy them not only for the science and research that they shared with us, but also for their own personal stories that led them to a career...
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By: Ayo Douglas
One of the main things I admire about research is the burning passion to seek answers to questions. The field of scientific research is one that is fueled by passion, and all of the researchers who spoke to us in...
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By: Vanessa Wu
There have been a lot of talks that we've listened to this summer, and all of them have been interesting and given me a lot of perspective on the paths that people have taken into the field of science and...
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By: Azeb Yirga
Don’t you have the moments that are so coincidental that they don’t seem coincidental? Where it seems instead as if someone is trying to tell you something? Dr. Hunt Willard spoke about such moments when discussing how he became involved...
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By: Miranda Allen
The seminars for this summer were highly useful—not only for us to hear about the various types of research that are being done on Duke’s campus, but also to see how very different the paths of research can be. There...
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By: Hannah Kwak
Up until college, life was comparably easy. We were given what to study, how to study, and it was just the matter of putting the effort to succeed in the path that was already laid out for us. But when...
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