Intern Blog Postings

Week 5: Trivia and a Birthday

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Amandeep Gill

This week was much more mellow than the last, it was nice to have that change in pace. I spent most of the weekend catching up with laundry and getting ready for the week ahead. Sunday night a couple interns and I watched Tron and Mulan, there was much singing along.

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Week 3: Who said work can't be fun?

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Brean Prefontaine

My third weekend in DC was filled with some much needed relaxation and sleep. Friday night was fairly uneventful. Some of the other interns living in my apartment decided to stay in and watch movies. The next morning was unfortunately and early morning.

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Week 5: I Discover the Beauty of Bojangles

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Rachel Odessey

 

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Week 5: Shattered Pieces

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Veronica Martinez-Vargas

This week… hmm, I experienced my rite of passage into the research world.

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Week 5: Arrgh! Lab woes lead to an entertaining blog

Friday, June 26, 2015

Teresa Turmanian

This week got off to a good start.  I spent Monday as a nano-scale scullery maid!  Translation: I suited up in a lab coat, gloves, and goggles and used a chemical process to clean off our silicon target substrate several times to be sure it was spic and span. 

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Week 5: Feeling 22

Friday, June 26, 2015

Connor Day

My 22nd birthday was on Wednesday of this week, which was cause for an entire week of celebration.

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Week 3: The Doppler Effect isn't the Only Thing Shifting

Friday, June 26, 2015

Shauna LeFebvre

Welcome back to the Chronicles of a SPS Intern!

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Week 5: Time Flies

Friday, June 26, 2015

Hannah Pell

It seems as though we’ve all been saying the same things this week. “I can’t believe we’re halfway done.” “It feels like I just got here yesterday.” “Time is flying by!” And this is all very true.  My experiences so far in D.C.

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Week 4: Slowing Down

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Patrick Mangan

The fourth week has definitely been the most calm out of all of them. Maybe it’s just that I’m getting used to busy city life, or maybe it’s just that this week wasn’t as filled with internship action as the previous weeks. But it was still a good week.

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Week 4: Almost Halfway Done??

Monday, June 22, 2015

Rachel Odessey

It’s hard for me to believe that this summer program is almost halfway over—the last few weeks have gone by so fast that I can barely keep track. If the next few weeks keep up like this I will definitely be exhausted by August. This last week has been no exception to the craziness.

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