Perseverance into the unknown: how the video game Dark Souls embodies how we should approach scientific research

2021 update: Parts of this talk are the topic of a podcast episode titled, “Failure is an Asset,” with Erin Blauvelt of The Theory Girls. Talk given as part of the Science Research Institute (SRI) program organized by Alright College/Conrad Weiser High School. Thank you Casey Schwarz, Ann Schmidt, and Alexa Schneck for organizing this …

Getting research experience as an undergraduate

Why do research? Before I proceed, allow me to tell you (as I was told as a freshman) what getting a PhD in the sciences in the U.S. looked like financially in the hopes that it lights the same fire under you butt to overachieve as it did for me. If you get into a …

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