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Advice from the Other Side: Learning Languages
Bonjour! Joyeux Vendredi! Why am I starting this blog post in another language, Terriers? Can you identify the language or, better yet, what it says? (We all have Google so I know that you’ll figure out that I’ve said “Hello! Happy Friday!” in French). I studied French all through high school and college, and I ...
Internship Series: HeartWare, Inc.
Eugene Kwan ENG’17 | Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Eugene: I worked on creating simulations of motor drive circuits. This involved designing a circuit that mimicked the effects of a brushless DC motor with back electromotive force. Another project I worked on was ...
Careers with the Federal Government
Thinking about an internship for the summer? Worried about what you’re going to do when you graduate? We’ve all been there. You have so many options, and a great one includes working with the federal government. Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to be a political science major to work for the federal government. ...
Internship Series: NBC News
Sydney Narvaez COM’19 | Public Relations Digital & Social Media Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Sydney: I worked with the digital team at NBC New York. The digital team is in charge of the website such as writing articles, as well as creating content on all social media platforms: ...
Internship Series: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Shaka X CAS’18 | Biology Temporary Research Assistant CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Shaka: I worked with the Wyss Institute’s Programmable Nano Materials platform, researching injectable therapeutics and non-invasive treatments. This involved manufacturing gels and scaffolds to determine their chemical and mechanical properties using instruments that involve confocal and fluorescent microscopy, ...
Advice from the Other Side: Email Etiquette
Happy Friday, Terriers! Before we launch into the weekend, I need to have an important chat with you about email. Why would I need to talk to you about email? We all know how to email, right? Unfortunately, this is often not the case. When you’re working full time, you’ll be sending emails constantly, and ...
Internship Series: Sustainability@BU
Victoria Chaney CAS’18 | Architectural Studies STARS Survey Coordinator CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? Victoria: At sustainability@BU, I coordinated the FY16 Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) survey.This report allows BU to provide information to other reporting systems including the Sierra Cool Schools survey, Princeton Review, the UI Green Metric ...
Your Grad School Personal Statement: Part 4
Editor's Note: This is the final installment of the four-part series. My first three tips urge you to use your personal statement to explain the depth and complexity of your motivation for pursuing your chosen field. But what if a big part of your motivation is…money? Don’t worry. Go ahead and draft one or two ...
Advice from the Other Side: The First 90 Days
Congratulations! You’ve survived the interview process and have begun your first post-college job. You can relax a bit now that the initial job search is over (phew) but be careful not to relax too much. Read on for a few tips on making the most of your first 90 days on the job. Set goals. During ...
Internship Series: Google
David Monti Questrom’17 | Management, Entrepreneurship Technical Services Intern CCD: Tell us about your internship experience. What were your responsibilities? David: While at Google, I supported large corporate clients who required technical assistance with AdWords. I also helped clients resolve Google policy violations and troubleshoot issues within both the AdWords environment and the client’s website and ...
BU + Beyond 