Oi Gente! Today marks my 10th day in Brazil. I can't believe we have been here for so long. A lot has happened since my last post. First of all, I went to a Candomblé celebration. My host family asked me, "Do you want to see Candomblé?" I agreed, because honestly I didn't want to …
Muito Prazer – Nice To Meet You
When most students decide to study abroad they usually chose places like Italy, France, or Spain. While these places are obviously full of culture and history, I am beyond satisfied with my choice to not travel the beaten path and travel to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. …
Swimming through Week 2
Last week, we went on two exciting excursions in class. We first visited a local river - the Arkansas, down in Pueblo. Again donning our waders and looking awesome, we took measurements and talked about stream dynamics. It was a cold, rainy day, which made sticking your arms in to grab pebbles fairly unpleasant. From …
Splashing into Week 1
It's block 32 for me at CC, and I am surprisingly glad to spend it taking Water! Water is a notoriously difficult Environmental Science class, but thus far has been better than expected. Last week, we went on a field trip to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs! Never did I ever expect that CC would put …
Smiling Through The Apocalypse: The Beginning of the End (Times)
“Oh yeah, I’ll be there. But, what are we going to do?” I asked David Hendrickson, my 4-year academic adviser, sometime during 7th block as we wrapped up a meeting spent knee deep in deciphering a coherent direction to take my big senior tutorial paper. “To be honest, I’m not sure I want to spend …
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We are Improbable Miracles
You might be asking, "Where's the RNA's involvement?" Well, no one is really sure yet. It is accepted that RNA predated DNA. However, scientists have been unable to synthesize RNA in conditions similar to the hypothesized environment of early Earth. One interesting theory that came out of our inability to synthesize RNA is that there …
On Migritude
I have finished my final paper (mostly). There are no unread books in the pile on my desk – all of them contain copious penciled-in notes. This afternoon, I will flee into Colorado’s vastness, once again, to confront whatever anticipated bad weather awaits me with some kind of joy. Soon those of us who have …
Buzzword: Fun, Nina: Out.
We have come to the end of my journey at EyeWire. I plan to venture into the office every so often in the coming months, but I will no longer have an official schedule. So let us reflect on the experience. First off, I am so glad I had the opportunity to involve myself …
On Humiliation and Being Humble
There is a certain stillness that settles in the air in this fragment of mountainous desert where I have almost surprisingly found myself for the last three days. In this temporary escape to the Baca campus I have a sense of being contained in some dusty snow globe, mysteriously separate from the familiar. But I …
A Potpourri of Posts
Hello people of BlockFeatures! I come to you from the land of 50 degrees, at last we have Spring in Boston! Today's post will be heavily illustrated with photos! Moving on from 3D doodling, I'm going to present you with two photos from the common space at WeWork, the coworking office space that …
