Intern Blog Postings

Retrospective: Through the Mirror Brightly

Monday, August 26, 2013

Caleb Heath

I didn't expect to go to Washington DC this summer.

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Week 10: Week of the Parthian Shot

Friday, August 9, 2013

Caleb Heath

Despite the title, I have nothing barbed to say about this week, except to wish that someone would hurry up and invent practical transporters. I would have saved considerable time at the airport. More importantly, I could come back at will.

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Final Reflections: A great experience

Friday, August 9, 2013

Fiona Muir

Now that I’m back in London and getting stuck in to my classes for this term, the excitement of DC seems a million miles away. Talking to all my friends about what they’ve been doing this summer, I do feel like I’m bragging a bit when I describe what a great experience I had.

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Final Reflections: First-hand science policy experience

Friday, August 9, 2013

Christine O'Donnell

This summer was a good experience for me. I knew there was a lot to the field of science policy, and I knew that my public policy master coursework would be useful. However, nothing beats first-hand experience working on science policy.

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Week 8: Final Goodbyes

Friday, August 9, 2013

Fiona Muir

This week has been very busy and very bittersweet! On Monday all the interns gathered at ACP to go through our presentations and see how we could improve them before the symposium on Tuesday. It was a bit daunting but so helpful to get everyone’s advice and suggestions.

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Week 10: A lot of emotions!

Friday, August 9, 2013

Jose "Ro" Avila

And just as I expected, this last week totally flew by. On Sunday my brother came to town to spend the last 4 days of my internship with me, and so he had to see our final presentations.

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Week 10: Best Summer Ever

Friday, August 9, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Museums, shopping, boat rides, walking, and a lot of food. I have had the best summer in DC working with SPS and exploring the city.

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Week 9: End of a Great Summer Internship

Friday, August 9, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The beginning portion of this week was dedicated to wrapping up my internship experience with the Society of Physics Students (SPS) at the American Center of Physics (ACP).

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Final Reflections: Furthering my career interests

Friday, August 9, 2013

Katherine Stankus

This summer internship with the Society of Physics Students has been a wonderful experience. As a Mather Public Policy Intern, I not only learned how science policy is conducted at the national level but also furthered my career interests.

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Week 9: The End to a Great Summer

Friday, August 9, 2013

Christine O'Donnell

Our last week was a blur of presentations and final evaluations. We had a day to practice and finalize our presentations for the SPS Intern Symposium.

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