I’m an engineer so you might be thinking I have no business writing this article — and you might be right, but we’re inclusive here.
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As a Chemical Biology major, I picked up Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry expecting a story about science. I didn’t expect it to be a story about loss, or one of the most encouraging books I’ve read in a long time.
There are movies that make you cry over pets and humans. Project Hail Mary makes you cry over a rock alien, aptly named Rocky.
The Victorian Language of Flowers was used for decades to relay feelings that people had a hard time expressing or were too embarrassed to share.
I started playing soccer in the elementary recreational league, where Saturday mornings became hair ribbons, cleats, and the smell of detergent on the grass stains smeared into my jersey.
I have a specific, embarrassing, daily ritual. I unlock my phone to check the time, but then check Canvas, then check my email, then finally look back up at the clock on the wall to find out what time it is.
Music has always been a huge part of my life. I’m the type of person to sing in the shower, listen to my favorite songs while getting ready in the morning, and occasionally dance in the middle of a store when a good song comes on.
College. For the past summer, every incoming freshman has been obsessing over the idea of college. Whether it be from excitement or stress, freshmen are now encountering a life-changing experience head on.
Stepping onto a tech school campus in the fall always brings a familiar mix of energy and quiet reality. Between the smell of fresh syllabus packets, the late-night coding sessions, and lecture halls where you might still count the women in the room on one hand, being here requires a specific kind of resilience.
Welcome to another academic year at Stevens! This will be my fourth year as a PhD student and eighth year in total at Stevens, and with it brings something new: This fall, I will be a teaching assistant for MA 221, a course on differential equations that many undergraduates take.