June 8, 2014
By: Alexander Merriman
I was extremely grateful when I found out I was accepted to the Howard Hughes Research Fellowship. I have known for quite some time that I wanted to spend my summer in a lab, which made this program especially appealing...
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By: Michael Ortuño
When I first found out that I got accepted into the Howard Hughes Research Fellows Program it was unfortunate (for the people around me) because I was in the middle of The Ms. Black and Gold Pageant and I was...
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By: Alcida Karz
I first dipped my toes into the sterile, infinitely deep waters of biomedical research a little less than a year ago. Since then I’ve either been drifting easily into a hematoxylin-colored sunset or drowning in data and deadlines, crying out...
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June 7, 2014
By: Aitana Zermeno
After walking up Research Drive, through the construction-friendly side entrance of the Duke Eye Center, and up 4 flights of stairs to the top of the Albert Eye Research Institute, I stuck my lunch baggie in the kitchen fridge and...
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By: Dani Smith
When I first read that I had been accepted to the Howard Hughes program for the summer, I was immediately nervous and incredibly excited to see what the summer would hold. After talking with an alumni of the program, I...
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