Head to Austin, Texas to experience a total solar eclipse, led by University of Colorado astronomer Douglas Duncan, PhD (BS ’73). Duncan, a well-known popularizer of astronomy, has spent decades modernizing planetariums. Horseshoe Bay is designated as an IDA International Dark Sky Community and one of the top destinations in the United States to go see the most beautiful Milky Way.
BS ’20 | Computer Science, History “The Chang Prize is allowing me to push past the boundaries of what I previously...
MS '14 | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics “The Chang Prize allowed me the opportunity to explore and create a...
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Caltech Alumnae Share Insights On Representation and the Funding Crisis for Women In Tech
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I dove into the second quarter of my environmental justice project by delving into the history of the movement and examining the timelessness of environmental racism.
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There’s an introspection that occurs when you write and discover things about your past that start to combine into a complex tapestry of trauma, pain, but also humor and light. This is not what I set out to do initially when I began the MFA in Bilingual Creative Writing at UTEP, but it’s something that has emerged through my first two years in the program. I have more insight into my thought process, and the memories that are welling up don’t plague me as much.
In the first quarter of my project, “Understanding and Alleviating Environmental Inequality in Underprivileged Communities,” I was able to explore different facets of the fight for environmental justice while contributing to the efforts in my local community.