Intern Blog Postings

Week 5: Already?

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Samantha Creech

Since the pandemic accelerated back in March, we’ve all been experiencing a weird passage of time. For some, it’s plodded by, each week like a year. For others, we blinked and found ourselves in July.

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Week 5: Becoming

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Anna Murphree

[All views are my own.]

Somehow we are halfway through this internship! There’s a Bon Jovi reference in there somewhere, but I’m too proud to make it.

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Joseph Dees

Week 5: A Time of Remembrance

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Joseph Dees

While there are many things that I could talk about on this day, today is a day of remembrance.  You might ask what we are to remember?  Two Hundred Forty-Four years ago, our forefathers founded this country.  While everyone will agree that this country is not perfect, we can also agree that it i

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Midway

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Maria Stokes

Happy (belated) Independence Day! I am astounded that it is July. I knew this summer would go quickly, but it is nevertheless baffling to realize just how quickly it is flying by.

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Week 5: Mind Your Units in Physics and in Politics

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Kyle Blasinsky

Units are notoriously important in physics, and the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) is the quintessential example demonstrating this truth. In 1999, NASA lost contact with the MCO after it was likely destroyed in the Martian atmosphere or escaped back into heliocentric space. The issue?

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Rockin' the SOCK - Week #5

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Holly Fortener

I cannot believe how fast this summer is going... July 4th is already past and we are halfway through our summer internships! I'm trying hard to enjoy everything while it lasts.

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Week 5: Shape Up Week

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Jack Moody

This was a short but chaotic week here at APS Careers. The long and short of it is that this week can “kindly” be called, Shape Up week...The email series had a very tumultuous timeline that took up far more headspace than Midhat or I predicted.

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Week 5: Halfway Mark

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Billy "Trey" Cole

We are about at the halfway mark of this summer internship and it is hard to fathom, it seems like we only just started.

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Week 5: Half Full? Half Empty?

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Abdul Qadeer Rehan

The halfway mark brings me closer to completing my project. While we have covered a lot of ground there is still a vast set of tasks to which I look forward to completing over the coming weeks. This was the first time that I got to experience a long weekend in a work setting.

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Let's Run a Small Experiment on Cognition

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Paul McKinley

This week’s post will be a bit less focused on work, and a bit more focused on a small (relatively menial) experiment I’m running this week on human behavior, namely my own.

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