What is an independent study? Good question! It wasn't until fellow blogger, Catherine, and I took "Cultural Analytics" that the possibility of doing an independent study came to life.
Julianna Thomson
2020
Below is a list of all blog posts from the People Places Pines blog by Dartmouth College.
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Q:
Can I conduct my own research as an undergrad in my field of choice (even if it's not STEM related)?
A:
Definitely! There are a ton of opportunities to get involved with research even in non-STEM fields. One popular program to secure a research position and funding is through the Sophomore and Junior Research Scholars program.
Jenny Chen 2021 -
I participated as a Women in Science Program (WISP) intern, presenting a poster entitled “Visualizing machine learning models for predicting readmission after an acute myocardial infarction”.
Catherine Parnell 2022 -
Professor Jacobi, one of my favorite professors at Dartmouth, is retiring this year, after 44 years of teaching (22 of which were at Dartmouth!).
Jenny Chen 2021 -
Here at Dartmouth, students have access to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), a state-of-the-art hospital and medical facility located a fifteen-minute bus ride away from campus.
Catherine Parnell 2022 -
Since the winter term, I have been involved with many programs at the Tuck School of Business, such as TuckLab, Tuck Incubators, and Tuck professors’ research projects.
Autumn Dinh 2021 -
I took my HIST 79: Postwar Japan class with Professor Ericson, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Japan from a foreign perspective.
TaeJun Seo 2022 -
You can pretty much do anything your heart is set on, and most of the times you can also get funding if it’s unpaid. The opportunities are endless!
Jenny Chen 2021 -
I knew I wanted to go to medical school early on, so when I was looking at potential colleges, the ability for undergraduates to become involved with research was high on my list of requirements.
Jenny Chen 2021
