Intern Blog Postings

Week 1: Settling In and Meeting New People

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Matangi Melpakkam

This week has been a whirlwind of new experiences. After moving in on Sunday with the help of my awesome parents, I started meeting many of the other interns. From the beginning, everyone was really friendly and open. On Monday, many of us went to a Memorial Day parade, which was great fun.

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Week 1: Connections to the Past

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Divyansh Chamria

I am writing this only a few hours after having come to Washington D.C. and the George Washington campus, with most of my belongings still in my luggage.

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Week 1 : Burgundy Car

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Taylor Colaizzi

The Honda went through the gamut the week before I drove to Washington. To make sure everything was as it should be, I replaced the car's tires, poured in fresh oil, and asked the mechanics for a fine look-over.

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Week 1: Welcome to DC!

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Saksham Prajapati

 Week 1: Welcome to DC

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Week 1: City Living, a Stinky Flower, and Floating on Waves

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Katie Futrowsky

Our first week in DC has concluded in an astonishingly short amount of time - although this isn't truly my first week in DC. I grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and went to college in College Park, Maryland, so DC has alwasy been seemingly (and nearly literally) around the corner.

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Week 1: Lots of Changes

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Taylor Overcast

The first week of a ten-week journey is now completed and I am already realizing that the summer will be gone in the blink of an eye. On Saturday I drove from my home state of Tennessee to my cousins’ house in northern Virginia.

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Week 1: First week in DC!

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Lucy Corthell

This week I moved to a city I’ve never been to on the exact opposite side of the country from where I grew up (Seattle) with only one suitcase and a backpack to be the Education and Diversity Statistics Intern for the American Physical Society (APS). 

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Week 10: That's A Wrap!

Monday, August 16, 2021

Gina Pantano

Hello everyone! The SPS 2021 Internship program has finally come to a close. I had such an amazing summer, and I am so proud of all the wonderful work the interns accomplished.

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Alan Wright

Week 10: The End

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Alan Wright

Well I completely forgot about this last blog post. The internship is all over now, and the symposium went well. I really liked seeing all the other interns present, and I hope I have the chance to meet them in person sometime.

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Week 10

Monday, August 9, 2021

Joseph Watson

This week at SPS: This week, we had an awesome practice session where we got feedback and suggestions for our final presentations, and then we had a fantastic 2021 SPS Internship Symposium, so check that video out here.  I would highly enc

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