Laughter. Curiosity. Purpose.
Up until 5 pm, today had been a relatively wearisome day. My research meeting had taken an unexpected turn, work had been a tad slower than usual, and the mile long to-do list on the white board in my apartment was weighing down on my thoughts all day. The minute I got back from work, …
What crossed your mind when you read the title of this post? An internal eye roll? A hearty nod of agreement? Flashbacks to the first time you heard this from a teacher? Hearing these words uttered by my Artificial Intelligence professor, 4,941 miles away from home in a Spanish university, brought a smile to my …
An open mind and a full stomach. According to our Spanish orientation professor, these are two necessities for a great semester in Madrid. If this first week has served as any indication of what my semester will be like, he is absolutely right (see: amazing food courtesy of my host mom and this wonderful city). …
I bet you're thinking I've forgotten how to count down from 3. Although plausible, thankfully, this is not the case [yet]. 3 days. 1 year. 5 months. Just three short days remain until one year of planning results in five months of studying abroad in Madrid. Planning this trip involved sifting through the plethora of …
The autumn equinox was two days ago, so I now have it on record that I'm writing my summer wrap-up post at a semi-reasonable time (even though school started five weeks ago, we can ignore that fact). It seems like five weeks is my threshold for hours and hours of coding and solving math problems …
I have a problem. In my room at home I have a pink dollhouse bookcase (yes, I found the exact same 15-year old bookcase still being sold in Target). The bookcase itself, however, is not the problem. The problem is what lies above the shelf of dusty test prep books and below the shelf of jewelry stands- a row of half-used …
The winter Immersive Design Challenge at SMU, explained in my previous three posts, ended on January 18, 2017. I realize that I never did a formal wrap-up post detailing our presentation and showcasing the life-sized prototype of our creation, the ModPod, a digitally-fabricated flat-packed solar-powered charging station, but luckily there are press releases that did …
