STUDENT BLOG

In classic SSP fashion, the day started at midnight. After pausing on the data analysis for our n-body simulations—programs that analyze how our asteroids will move through the solar system over millions of years—we left our code to run overnight and headed back to the dorms. Until curfew, we stayed in the dorm lobby chatting […]

Yesterday was our last field trip of the program. Indiana Dunes was a fever dream, the calm before the storm. But we made the most of it playing volleyball and swimming for hours. After a long, tiring Wednesday, getting up this morning was, to say the least, arduous.  Too late to head to the dining hall, I quickly […]

Today is Friday the 26th and it’s crazy to think there’s only 5 days left of SSP. My morning began with me waking up at 7 a.m. to go on a run before breakfast and morning lecture. Me and Jalen (my roommate) ended up almost missing out on breakfast because he didn’t wake up until […]

Yesterday was our last field trip of the program. Indiana Dunes was a fever dream, the calm before the storm. But we made the most of it playing volleyball and swimming for hours. After a long, tiring Wednesday, getting up this morning was, to say the least, arduous.  Too late to head to the dining hall, I quickly […]

Wow, just like that, SSP has gone by like a leaf in the wind. As I look back on the memories I have made and the talented people I have met, I sense that I really changed over the course of these five and a half weeks. However, these days have been stressful as I […]

Friday Today, I began my day walking back to Pinon at 12:30 AM after a long day of bioinformatics.  As usual, Brett, Kano, and I walked to Foster for the morning lectures. We attended lectures from Ms. Alexa, Ms. Ceilidh, Mr. Shakil, and Mr. Joey. Today’s lectures were quite interesting from the line dancing in […]

I woke up to a peaceful morning. Awakening to the blaring eagle screeching that I call my alarm, I walked into the echoes of hysterical laughter of my suitemates, Angelina, Ritisha, and Chloe. What were they laughing at? I stared at our toilet, overflowing with soapy water (I hope). Turns out, sleep deprived Angelina found […]

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : my way by frank sinatra ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ  : ▮▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯ 0:57 ━━━•──────── 3:59 ⇄  ◃◃   ⅠⅠ   ▹▹  ↻ “It’s time to go to Carlsbad!” is what I wished I would’ve thought when I woke up this morning. Like an SNP being the difference between antibiotic resistant bacteria and non-resistant bacteria, one might […]

Dear reader, It’s me, hi, Joyan (again). Long story short, I have forever and always been a major swiftie (which I think you all know). So for my very last blog, this is me trying to put as many Taylor Swift song titles in as possible (please don’t blame me for all the reminiscing). These five weeks have felt timeless as we get closer […]

This blog post has been brought to you by Assistant Academic Director Dr. Fortune Ononiwu Hi everyone, Did you know that the state vegetable of Oklahoma, where I have been fortunate to live for the past six weeks, is a watermelon? Yes, a watermelon! Don’t ask! We play by a different set of rules here. […]

Hi guys. It’s me again, Al Nguyen from the first ever Synthetic Chemistry program. In this blog, I’ll cover my eventful (and stressful) day and my thoughts about my SSP journey so far. Lately I’ve been skipping breakfast for more sleep so there’s no donut pictures for today. In the morning, us participants finished our […]