Aloha, My partner Yash and I have been assigned a phenotyping project. Phenotypes are the physical characteristics of plants. One such characteristic is growth rate. The professors goal is to understand how plants growth rate changes based on environment. This is possible because Hawaii has a...
[caption id="attachment_11407" align="alignleft" width="225"] Bodie, my host-dog[/caption] Hello, my name is Claire Shaver. I attend Telluride High School and this summer I have the privilege to intern at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) at the University of Washington in Seattle. I arrived in...
This week was super interesting. Early in the week I was programming in Java. Java is super nice for me because in school I took computer science class where we focused only on Java, so I knew what I was doing. The project was to...
This past week has been my second week interning for pediatric spinal cord research and rehabilitation, and it has been amazing. On Monday, we conducted the last experiment for our safety and feasibility study. Things ran a lot smoother this time, as we had learned...
This week I continued my research on sea level rise and its impact on people and communities. My mentor, Mr. Strang, visited the Miami office on Thursday and Friday. I met with him and we discussed the research I have done. He is going to...
Hi! My name is Andrew Winkelmann and I am from Ridgway, Colorado. I have the privilege of being a Pintern, and I am excited to share about my internship. My friend Sean and I are aiding Dr. Brian McPherson and the rest of the Carbon...
The second week of my internship has been fantastic! Starting Monday, I assisted in the long process of receiving MRI images of a horse's front feet. From these images, it was determined that this horse had bilateral forelimb navicular syndrome. There was visible damage to both joints and parts of...
Already two weeks have passed! This week was another very interesting week. I wasn't working on the same project as last week. This week, I got to learn about and help out with the project they call Urban Channels. They had a scale model of...
This week at the Tybee Marine Science Center I learned a variety of different techniques and rules with the animals. I learned about how to feed the animals and take care of them while they are in captivity, and a little bit about what they...
[caption id="attachment_11348" align="alignnone" width="300"] The view from atop the Union.[/caption] I started my internship at the University of Utah this week. I'm working with the Carbon Science and Engineering Research Group, lead by Dr. Brian McPherson. One of the major subjects of research of this group...
Hello everyone! This week, the Rodham Institute connected me with an organization called Georgetown Ministry Center. The center serves people experiencing homelessness by providing hygiene services, meals, job support, and basic medical care. The shelter is not overnight; however it offers these individuals a safe space...
Hello! My name is Kira Galbraith and I am doing my Pinternship at Forest Park Animal Hospital in Panama City, Florida. My first day was June 17th. I met three important people at the animal hospital: the manager, Rhonda, the owner of the practice/the lead...
I have officially spent one week in Auburn, Alabama, and it is scorching! Monday, I started work at the clinic, and I was able to observe a standing surgery on a mare (female horse) with an infected bolis in her sinus. In order to clean...
Hello! The second week of my Pinhead Internship here on Moku o Loe has gone by so quickly. This week another intern named Miranda Lentz and I have been setting up and preparing for our coral flow experiment. Miranda Lentz had previously done an internship...
The second week of my internship has come to an end. This week was fantastic. I continued my research on food waste at college campuses and started writing part of my literature review. I also started the next phase of the project, which is designing...