Intern Blog Postings

Week 5: Back to the lab

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Valeria Viteri-Pflucker

I went back to work! Having largely finished the code I needed to work on last week, this week back at NIST we have started the next phase of my internship.

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Week 5: The Smithsonians

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Divyansh Chamria

This week has been very exciting, with lots of outings and experiences! At NIST, I finally made a lot of progress, finishing up the interface for the electrometer and the power source!

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Week 5: Broadway in DC, First Interview, Virginia Beach, Horror Movie on a Monday

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Gizem Dogan

I opened up this week with a horror movie at AMC in Georgetown. Although it turned out to be more of a thriller the walk back from Georgetown waterfront close to midnight made it worth my time. 

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Week 5: Maja Blanca Overload!

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Justin Andre Avendaño

This week was filled with mostly researching on what I'll be doing for the rest of the internship as well as getting ready for conferences in October! For the majority of the internship, I'll be focusing on one specific food: Maja Blanca!

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Week 5: Astronomy on the Mall and Preparing for Michigan

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Taylor Overcast

This week started off with Saturday’s Astronomy on the Mall. Unlike most of the interns, I worked with my organization’s table, and all of my mentor’s high school students.

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Week 5: Halfway

Friday, July 1, 2022

Lucy Corthell

Happy July! This week seemed to go by very quickly and I am realizing how short summer and this internship really is. 

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Week 4: The One with the Ick Factor

Monday, June 27, 2022

Aidan Keaveney

Hi y’all! Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that there were some Supreme Court decisions this week that you may find distressing, as I do. That said, I am saving a full discussion of the Supreme Court term for next week after the final decisions are released.

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Week 4: Bowling, Biking, and Boomwhackers

Monday, June 27, 2022

Divyansh Chamria

This week might have been my favorite so far! I got a lot done, and it finally feels like I have settled into a schedule.

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Week 4: A great week featuring an Orchestra Concert and Astronomy on the Mall!

Monday, June 27, 2022

Lucy Corthell

This past Saturday we went to the most spectacular orchestra concert held by the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at the University of Maryland.

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Week 4: Teaching Kids with a dash of Bill Nye

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Justin Andre Avendaño

This week was really fun! Last wednesday we had a get together with all the interns for a small "picnic" sort of thing. It was really nice chill event for us to have after working on a long wednesday.

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