Things I Wonder as a Biomedical Engineering Student: Can we engineer the bacteria in our gut to improve human health?
10¹⁴. It’s a large number – one hundred trillion to be exact. To put that into perspective, one year contains approximately 3.15 × 10⁷ seconds, so to get to 10¹⁴ seconds, that would take about three million years.
The Art of Giving Up: A Short Story
She sat with one leg folded on top of the other, her eyes fixated on a stack of square neon sheets of paper. I’ve seen her before – if not in class, then mostly at the library. Always with headphones…
Unpacking my Freshman Year at Johns Hopkins: What Makes a Worthwhile College Experience?
The wind rustled the leaves on the tree branches that hung over my head as I walked down the circular, marble stairs. Suddenly, a sight made me take a step back – a squirrel.
Digging Myself Out of a Creative Slump
I haven’t been feeling very creative recently (hence this “hook” doesn’t have much to it). I think a lot of it has to do with how busy college has become since the new semester started, especially with classes. I feel…
Apps that I Can’t Live Without, As a College Student
In college, my iPad and laptop are always with me, playing a role in everything from taking notes during lecture, planning out my day on a calendar, or writing short stories for my Intro to Fiction and Poetry class. Thus,…