Listings of summer experiences shared with #BLACKandSTEM

Neuro programs courtesy of http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/summer_programs/science.html http://www.studenteducationprograms.com/science.html http://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/ http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/Current/documents/SummerOpportunities1.1.13.pdf http://biology.wisc.edu/PreCollege-HighSchool-SummerScienceInstitute.htm http://www.bostonleadershipinstitute.com/ http://www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/highschoolinterns.aspx (call/email for the 2014 dates) http://ce.columbia.edu/high-school/nyc/junior-senior-courses/the-science-of-psychology http://www.cbn-atl.org/education/ion.shtml http://scs.georgetown.edu/programs/352/fundamentals-of-neuroscience http://rockefeller.edu/outreach/snp/ http://tulane.edu/sse/tssp/ http://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/AcademicPrograms/BiomedicalGraduateStudies/ResearchOpportunities/NeuroscienceCamp.aspx Continue reading →

My Inspiration: PopPop

This piece was originally posted on blerdology.co with the title “What a ‘blerd’ must not forget”. I was sitting down to write about the stress and strain of working toward the completion of my PhD program when I began to daydream about my great grandfather.  In my recollection, I found a more important sentiment to … Continue reading →

the knot

There is this song that I love.  It’s been a piece of truth in my life.  I’ve had epiphanies (real and false) as it has played in the background.  I’ve cried at the realization that I have been a “Mr. Nothing”. I have struggled to face my life at times.  I sometimes feel as if … Continue reading →

devour me

(selfishly trying to get in the head of a heart who did not know how vastly it was loved) there is a hole sometimes.  a huge gaping hole that i feel, but don’t see.  i claw at my chest.  i feel my shirt and my skin.  i feel the ribs wrapping around my heart.  i … Continue reading →

5 minute free-write everyday #write2014

I have joined in on this writing resolution started by by @amoffettb on twitter. To this point, I have been counting work writing, but I thought that, maybe, I should use this as a chance to write more creatively.  I think that is the original intent, actually. Join in on twitter by following and sharing … Continue reading →

if only i could breathe

I am sitting at my desk, working, and trying to do blog maintenance.  I realized I had nearly 60 drafts, waiting to be edited and posted when the time was right.  The right time never really came, but I am reading and remembering and thinking “why not?”  I wrote this because I was watching the … Continue reading →

Untitled, Unrhymed

I am sitting at my desk, working, and trying to do blog maintenance.  I realized I had nearly 60 drafts, waiting to be edited and posted when the time was right.  The right time never really came, but I am reading and remembering and thinking “why not?”  I wrote this years ago in honor of … Continue reading →

midnight midnight midnight

I am sitting at my desk, working, and trying to do blog maintenance.  I realized I had nearly 60 drafts, waiting to be edited and posted when the time was right.  The right time never really came, but I am reading and remembering and thinking “why not?”  This one is a couple of years old.  … Continue reading →

lonely road

I am sitting at my desk, working, and trying to do blog maintenance.  I realized I had nearly 60 drafts waiting to be edited and posted when the time was right.  The right time never really came, but I am reading and remembering and thinking “why not?”  This one is a couple of years old.  … Continue reading →

Woman in Science Short: Annie Easley, the computer scientist you probably never heard of

It’s been a while, I know.  This is a short post on a woman in science who I find to be pretty cool.  With hackathons recently going on all over the country, it’s fitting to feature a computer scientist.  When I’m sitting at my computer at work I like to research the lives of scientists.  … Continue reading →