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Reflections on the Data Science Initiative Spring Research Workshop 2024
Over the past three days, I had the opportunity to attend the Data Science Initiative Spring Research Workshop 2024, hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Data Science Initiative (DSI). The three-day event was packed with engaging discussions, thought-provoking talks, and sessions that explored the dynamic field of Generative AI. Here
Building Your Career Boat: Chart A Course To Destination Dream Job
18 months ago, I found myself in my 26th job. Ten years into the workforce I averaged two jobs per year since the age of 14. Suffering like the rest of us pre-med martyrs, the grind of full time patient care, full time school, and part time gig work to
Disney, The Great Escape
“Now think of the happiest things. It’s the same as having wings,” Peter Pan exclaims to the young Darling children while teaching them to fly away to Neverland, a fictitious island where they could remain children forever, in The Walt Disney production Peter Pan. In the midst of war times
A New Look into the Fascinating Future of Miracles
A New Look into the Fascinating Future of Miracles (and Murphy’s Law) The future of miracles looks bleak. Possibly non-existent. Since the scientific method was popularized over three centuries ago, we have been consumed with solving life’s mysteries. With that, much of the so-called “miracles” in life no longer seem
Are you a scientist?
We live in a world of categories; Black vs White, Rich vs Poor, Young vs Old, Left vs Right. This categorical model of life creates division and labels. It sets people up to be and live in the world as competitors- always playing defense against some arbitrary team that you
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The Boy on Strings
I stared into the sun with new eyes. Never before had I seen it in this way, not merely a source of light but the hearth that 9 billion people–and the speeding sphere they inhabit–revolve around. Not only Earth, but the other celestial bodies, too, revolve around the Sun, subservient
The Reality of Mental Health Treatment: A Patient’s Perspective
“Why don’t you take a seat?” He references one of two plush chairs facing the desk in his office. She glanced around the room. His office was typical—quaint, furnished with light yellow paint, wooden accents, and several abstract art pieces. Sitting directly behind his mahogany desk was a large square