American Institute of Physics

Week Ten: Reflecting on my summer

Monday, August 7, 2017

Lisa McDonald

The time has come to say goodbye, but also to start down the next road on my journey.

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Week 9: Jet Setting!

Friday, July 28, 2017

Victoria (Tori) Eng

My week has been a bit of an adventure! This past week I have been at a conference in Oxford! Starting Friday afternoon, I was getting ready for and heading to Oxford, England.

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Week Nine and Everything is Going Fine

Friday, July 28, 2017

Lexxi Reddington

It is crazy to think that there is only one week left in the entirety of this program. The summer has gone by incredibly quickly and I cannot believe that it is coming to an end.

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Week Nine: Illustrating history

Friday, July 28, 2017

Lisa McDonald

There’s only one way to properly explore the Library of Congress: through a scavenger hunt!

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Week Eight: Open access to new data

Friday, July 21, 2017

Lisa McDonald

If this week has taught me anything, it’s that the term “open access” is not nearly as clear-cut as I thought.

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Week Eight: Tours, Teachers, and a Terrible Temperature

Friday, July 21, 2017

Lexxi Reddington

This week began with a tour of The Optical Society, where one of the SPS interns, Michael, works. The tour involved seeing parts of the new office building that have been remodeled, listening to guest speakers, and ending the day with snacks in the OSA lounge.

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Week Seven: NASA, NIST, and New Projects

Friday, July 14, 2017

Lexxi Reddington

This past week was extremely busy with old projects, new projects, and tours. Firstly, Tori and I officially completed all of the exhibit cases, including hanging up stars in the downstairs case to add an extra visual component that draws attention to the information inside.

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Week Seven: New research over the Horizon

Friday, July 14, 2017

Lisa McDonald

This week I got to step outside the world of U.S. research for a bit and see a different approach: research funding in the EU.

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Week 6: Whirlwind

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Victoria (Tori) Eng

Looking back on this week has been both very eventful and very uneventful all at the same time. We had a four-day weekend with the 4th of July falling on a Tuesday. I spent both Saturday and Monday just hanging around the apartment, just relaxing.

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Week Six: Spying on the city

Friday, July 7, 2017

Lisa McDonald

Five-day weekends are nice, but it just makes the two-day workweek feel so long.

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