Sep 24, 2016 | Mackenzie Day, PhD 2016
As graduation approaches and the realization sets in that, yes, I need to find a job, I am brought back to the age-old question: industry or academia? To test the waters, this summer I am working as an intern at Shell’s office in downtown New Orleans. Here I am, plunged…
Read MoreSep 20, 2016 | Tomas Capaldi, PhD 2019
Alarm goes off at 6am, I stumble out the tent to find Lily Jackson has already started boiling water to make coffee for the 40 students. Margo Odlum, Sarah George and I wrangle open the 15 foot box truck and begin to heft coolers full of hundreds of mini-muffins over…
Read MoreSep 17, 2016 | Bud Davis, PhD 2016
I spent my summer like many final-year PhD students, scrambling to make sure that my results weren’t a fluke. My research involves trying to figure which factors influence the breakup of continents. Continental breakup comes in a variety of flavors: fast or slow, volcanic or non-volcanic, stretched over a long…
Read MoreSep 13, 2016 | Taylor Borgfeldt, MS 2017
This summer has been a mishmash of geoscience experiences. Before it began, I was worried I wouldn’t have a successful summer since I didn’t have a formal summer long internship. I knew I would be supported as a research assistant, but that was basically all that was confirmed. Fortunately, my…
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