Hi everyone! I'm a Biology major and Global Health minor, but I still have a lot of time to explore all my interests over the next three years. I'm also a part of the Great Issues Scholars Living Learning Center, which I have loved so far. We focus on issues such as security and global health, and we even went on a retreat to Vermont last term. Some of my favorite ways to relax on weekends include walking into town for brunch, and hiking with some of the amazing people I have met so far.
I looked forward to this class every week, partly because of the professor and partly due to the content. We read books on a wide variety of topics, ranging from privilege and how it affects our interactions with others to restaurant kitchens and the hierarchies inherent in surgical residencies.
Biol13 is structured so that you have to work as a group on difficult class problems and even on some exams, which was novel to me and pushed me to really understand the material. This class inspired me to pursue research (both off-campus and on-campus) related to genetics.
Although this class was daunting to me in the beginning, given that I had little to no experience in either Women's, Gender, and Sexuality or Art History, it was also one of the classes in which I became the most engaged in. For our final project, I investigated the history of allegories in Western art and why they were so often portrayed as women.
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I interned at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA under Dr. Livingston. I explored the mechanism by which BRCA1 acts as a tumor suppressor. It was really rewarding to be able to apply what I had learned in Biol13, including specific procedures and techniques we had been tested on, to a real-life laboratory setting.
I'm Jenny, a ‘21 (freshman) here at Dartmouth. I’m so excited to begin sharing some of the memories I’ve made since coming here in September. I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, about 30 minutes from Washington D.C. I never would have imagined that I’d end up in the tiny town of Hanover, but turns out rural life suits me better than I thought it would. I’m pursuing a biology major (potentially modified with anthropology), along with a global health minor. I’m a pre-med student as well! I'm interested in not only the biological mechanisms of disease, but also how social, cultural, and economic factors play a role in healthcare delivery.
Besides writing as an admissions blogger, I volunteer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and I participate in other clubs related to medicine, including Primary Care Progress and Health Access for Americans. I’m also in the Great Issues Scholars Living Learning Community (LLC), so I live with like-minded peers and learn about global issues through special lectures and events. While I’m not studying or watching Netflix, I like to spend my time reading. But don’t worry, I don’t read Russian literature or other books really smart people read. Instead, my three favorite books are Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf.
Me, a recent high school graduate who's super excited about heading to New Hampshire for the next four years.
Feel free to ask me any questions and look out for my coming posts!
