Monthly Archives: October 2014

By Sophia Chen Walking into class every day is a surprise. I never know what to expect when I walk in, often just resorting to wondering what strange thing has grown on my plates today. This thought often runs on … Continue reading →

By Dillan Villavisanis Digging up dirt around campus and hoarding it into plastic bags on the first day of college probably isn’t the best way to meet new people, as many of my other classmates were doing. But this was … Continue reading →

By Chang Ha Back in April, during the second week of SOHOP (Spring Open House and Overnight Program), I visited the Homewood Campus in hopes of learning something new about Johns Hopkins and its college life. After all the pre-scheduled … Continue reading →

By Ashley Yoo I’m not going to lie . . . I was scared coming into the lab the first day. I didn’t want to ruin my sample or the materials on the very first day, and the fact that … Continue reading →

By Taylor Veracka I’ll admit it: my first day of phage hunting was rocky at best. I was a nervous wreck, what with it being my first college class ever and all. Even though I knew what the class was … Continue reading →

By Jihae Snyder “What classes are you taking?” is definitely one of the most frequently asked questions I have been bombarded with basically every day since I arrived at Hopkins 56 days ago. With the urge to roll my eyes, … Continue reading →

By David Ramirez-Chavez Over a month into the school year, I can see all the work that we’ve done so far. When I received the email telling me I needed to collect a dirt sample, I wondered why for many … Continue reading →

By Shrenik Jain My time so far in phage hunting has been enjoyable.  But like most of my experiences in research, sometimes the day to day activities in the lab become slightly less than captivating . . . especially after the … Continue reading →