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Undergraduate Research Category

The Very First Day

Jun. 11, 2012—Today, I started my first day as a Summer Research Undergraduate Student Assistant Worker. The adventure begins…

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Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program

Jun. 8, 2012—The Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program is pretty self-explanatory….it is a summer research program for undergraduates at Vanderbilt! Okay, but really…it is a program that students apply to (usually for the summer after junior year, but sometimes after sophomore year) that allows them to do research in any field (to apply, you submit your project...

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Undergraduate Research!

Apr. 5, 2012—As a pre-med student I have been hearing (since pretty much day one) that getting involved with research is really helpful in building up your resume for medical school. Coming to Vanderbilt, I knew there would be so many opportunities for getting involved with research–the trick was finding the right one for me!

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Opening the Right Dore

Mar. 22, 2012—As we approach April 1 and all those acceptance letters come flooding in, my pitch on why I (and you) should pick Vanderbilt.

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Classes, Day 2

Jan. 11, 2012—Readers, would you be thrilled if I posted every single day? I imagine not. Nevertheless, I am updating to follow up on my article from yesterday, to talk about the next of my classes (I still have a class that won’t meet this week, which will merit its own article next week!).

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Undergraduate Research at Vanderbilt

Nov. 27, 2011—For the past 2 and a half years of my college career, I have been working in a structural biology lab for credit. The various departments at Vanderbilt each have their own way of incorporating undergraduate research into their curriculum, whether they be science or humanities related. I am currently in the process of concluding...

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