Category Archives: Grace Bastin’sBlog

Week 10

Week 10 has come and gone! I can’t believe how great of an experience this REU has been, and I am very sad it’s over. Although this blog post is a little late (my apologies), here is what happened during …

Week 8 Update

This week was a very successful week. I’m glad to start seeing our hard work pay off!

Last Friday at the Pro-Health Tea, Vanessa and I delivered a lightning talk on our project. I think we presented pretty well based …

Week 7!

It’s crunch-time! With only three weeks left, I was a bit worried about the outcome of our project. However, we got a lot accomplished this week and I’m feeling less stressed out about having only 3 weeks of work …

Week 6

It’s crazy to me how fast this REU has gone! Time is flying and it’s honestly scaring me, but at the same time it has motivated me to push even harder this week. Let me just say that a lot …

Week 5!

I would like to start this post with a list of what we have to accomplish in the next 5 weeks. We composed this list with our mentor, Patrick, at our meeting last Friday.

The text in red has been

Week 4

I felt like for the most part, this week was kind of…unproductive. Due to my conditions flaring up simultaneously this week, I didn’t feel too well at all. But alas, this is the reason I want to be in health …

Week 3!

This week was…..eventful!

The week started off with Vanessa and I pretty much up to our neck in things to do. We started off the week by going to the library on Sunday to organize everything for the …

Week 2 Update!

Wow, feels like a while since I’ve posted!

First, I’d like to update you on what Vanessa and I have accomplished this week on our project.

Due to our mentors being out of town for most of this …

Day 4

Today was an exciting day, as we finally got to meet our mentors and grad students that we will be completing our project with. It was the first chill day in the past week, which was super cool, and we …