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Week 6: Reports, Renewals, and Revisions

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Casey Roepke

Even though the holiday weekend meant that this past work week was only four days long, I was very busy with some big projects and pulled a few long days in the virtual office.

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Alan Wright

Week 6: Some Meetings

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Alan Wright

I had lots of meetings this week. First, I attended several of the AAPT committee meetings, including the high school, undergraduate, and diversity committees. It was interesting to see what some of them are working on for future AAPT meetings and what the other parts of AAPT are working on.

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Week 6

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Joseph Watson

This week at SPS:  This week, we had a fantastic meet and greet with our guest speaker, and former congressman, Dr.

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Week 6: Bills, Bills, and More Bills

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Julia Bauer

On Friday, I submitted my second draft of the House Science Committee wildfire science bulletin. While I was waiting for the next round of edits, I delved into bill summaries that I had to set aside several weeks ago when I was unable to locate them online.

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Week 6: Progress!

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

This week was a busy one! We are getting to crunch time, but I feel somewhat on track with my project. I’m very excited, as I have finished the backbone of code for my project.

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Week 6: NASA History, Career Choices, and More...

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Gina Pantano

Hello everyone.

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Hannah Wistrand

Week 6: Energizing Myself Professionally Through Personal Connections

Sunday, July 11, 2021

Hannah Wistrand

I did it! My first professional presentation! I was pretty nervous, and got little to no sleep the night before, but I did it. I presented to my team of APS Public Engagement and Office of External Affairs members my suggestions on how to move forward with the misinformation campaign.

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Week 5: Exploring the Quantitative

Friday, July 9, 2021

Julia Bauer

Last Tuesday marked an important milestone of my time at FYI: the half-way point. I sampled several policy analyst tasks this week. While I have continued writing science policy articles/blurbs, I now spend more time compiling and graphing relevant data from federal agencies.

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Week 6

Friday, July 9, 2021

Maura Shapiro

Thursday we had our virtual picnic. It began with an interesting talk by Rush Holt, former US representative and AAAS CEO. It was really interesting to hear his perspective as someone who has been part of science policy.

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Week Six: Rainy Days

Friday, July 9, 2021

Jesse Zeldes

This past week has been one of the rainiest on record in the Northeast, so I've been cooking lots to keep myself sane indoors. Six weeks into the program, I think I can officially say that rheology has corrupted the way I think about cooking almost completely.

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