American Institute of Physics

Beyond Academia

Jamison Thorne

Northern Illinois University

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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Week 8: Last Week Working Capitol Hill

Friday, August 2, 2013

Katherine Stankus

Not only was this week the last week for Nikki and I working at the Science Committee but it was also the last week before Congress goes into its’ August Recess. Therefore, there was quite a bit of work that had to be done.

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Week 7: An Environment and Energy Hearing, NASA on the Hill, and the SPS Capitol Tour

Friday, July 26, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The beginning of the week was dedicated to preparing materials for the upcoming hearings on Wednesday and Thursday. As the point-intern for Wednesday’s Joint Environment and Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, Lessons Learned: EPA’s Investigations of Hydraulic Fracturing,

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Week 6: Another Busy Week

Friday, July 19, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The main event this week was the markup of H.R. 2687: NASA Authorization Act of 2013 on Thursday which began at 11:15am and lasted until 5:30pm.

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Week 5: Hearings & Markups

Friday, July 12, 2013

Katherine Stankus

Representative Kilmer and I. This week has been the busiest week so far.

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Week 4: Congress out of Session and an Extended Holiday

Friday, July 5, 2013

Katherine Stankus

This week Congress was out of session so work in the office was a little slow. Since there were no hearings to attend, most of the staff members were either finishing up on some work before the 4th or were already on vacation.

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Week 3: Getting the Hang of Things and a Busy Week of Evening Receptions

Friday, June 28, 2013

Katherine Stankus

I feel like this week has gone by so quickly. Spilling over from the end of last week and the beginning of this week, I was busy preparing materials for the Hearing on “Restoring U.S. Leadership in Weather Forecasting, Part 2″ by the Subcommittee on Environment.

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Week 9: Final Week on the Hill, Presentations, and Farewells

Friday, August 2, 2013

Nikki Sanford

As I finish up my final day with the Science Committee, I can definitely say that this has been one of my most memorable summers yet. I also could not have imagined a more exciting and eventful final week. We kicked off the week by holding the very first Science Intern Google Hangout session!

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Week 8: NASA on the Hill & SPS Intern Capitol Tour

Friday, July 26, 2013

Nikki Sanford

Even though my internship with the Science Committee is winding down, the action and work in the office hasn’t slowed.  In addition to two hearings (one on EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Investigation and the other on the Future of Coal) I had the opportunity to experience a NASA on the Hill receptio

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