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class="fl-col fl-node-gn9ik42xcy3q fl-col-bg-color" data-node="gn9ik42xcy3q"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-9wpjyt50z71r" data-node="9wpjyt50z71r"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-25042 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8471.jpg?resize=1116%2C893&ssl=1" alt="IMG_8471" itemprop="image" height="893" width="1116" title="IMG_8471" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8471.jpg?w=1116&ssl=1 1116w, https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8471.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8471.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&ssl=1 1024w, 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social media and science communication efforts. Please join us in welcoming her to the team and wish her luck as a science communication intern! Learn more about Ella in the guest post below.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-awfm9p4onujh fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="awfm9p4onujh"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-kx1r462hglpq" data-node="kx1r462hglpq"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-umv7hapn3w16 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="umv7hapn3w16"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-b6rkl0i5fyjg" data-node="b6rkl0i5fyjg"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h1 style="text-align: left;">About Me!</h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-ges1djqyofr5 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="ges1djqyofr5"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-full-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-uqho57z43gp2" data-node="uqho57z43gp2"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-2hw5f6jy1d4e fl-col-bg-color" data-node="2hw5f6jy1d4e"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-lqmzo1j75k49" data-node="lqmzo1j75k49"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>My childhood dreams are coming true.</strong></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I vividly remember explaining to my parents how I wanted to be a writer when I was young. And I mean going on long, passionate rants in the car just because they asked what we did at school that day. </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At some point “writer” turned into the author of research papers and essays, which then took a turn towards journalism, and eventually ended up at science communication.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This process started in middle school, when we had just begun exploring writing outside of the classic five-paragraph essay format and I was falling in love with all the information I could find and share. Three years later, I’m sitting in my high school AP chemistry class boiling glowsticks thinking that I could grow to love chemistry as much as writing.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">So what would it be? Communications or chemistry? Entering my last two years of high school and going through the college application process during COVID, I found myself a bit lost on which path to follow. Luckily, I found a place where I didn’t have to choose: Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"><br /> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Here, I spent a year and a half creating my own major in Science Communications. I focused on courses in English, Film and New Media Studies, and (of course) Chemistry. </span><span data-contrast="auto">The goal was to craft a course of study that focused on all different genres of written expressions of science. </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Science is extremely interesting to me, but also important to everyday decisions, policies, and a healthy life. I wanted to find a way to bring science to the public in a way that was accessible and understandable. Now, I am getting to live out my dream!</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-pkhcmnsxjbq0" data-node="pkhcmnsxjbq0"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>What Am I Working On? </strong></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I'm currently a senior, double majoring in Chemistry and Science Communications and here are a few things I’m working on!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-contrast="auto"><span style="font-size: 20px;">•</span> I’m in my third year of creating an archival and rhetoric project about the Writing Across the Curriculum program at Wheaton</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px;">•</span>I started research in inorganic chemistry focused on Oxygen-donated ligands and lanthanides</p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px;">•</span>I am studying anti-science rhetoric in the anti-vax movement and how it affects science communication</p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I can’t wait to expand on my academic experiences as a science communication intern at the Mass General Research Institute!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-j9p453lacxsz" data-node="j9p453lacxsz"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-cta fl-node-hsg7myjbk5pt" data-node="hsg7myjbk5pt"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-cta-wrap fl-cta-inline"> <div class="fl-cta-text"> <h3 class="fl-cta-title">About the Mass General Research Institute</h3> <div class="fl-cta-text-content"><p>Research at Massachusetts General Hospital is interwoven through more than 30 different departments, centers and institutes. The goal of our research is to better understand human health and disease and to identify new strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Your support will help us pursue new and unproven areas of research that could lead to the next game-changing breakthroughs.</p> </div> </div> <div class="fl-cta-button"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-full fl-button-has-icon"> <a href="https://massgeneral.link/support-research" target="_blank" class="fl-button" rel="noopener" > <span class="fl-button-text">Support our Research</span> <i class="fl-button-icon fl-button-icon-after fas fa-arrow-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-8vn1fyswuea2 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="8vn1fyswuea2"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-c3nx1mlbisqk" data-node="c3nx1mlbisqk"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><span style="font-size: 30px;"><b>Right Now...</b> </span></p> <p><strong>I’m Reading: </strong></p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25229" src="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fingerpost-1.jpg?resize=165%2C222&ssl=1" alt="" width="165" height="222" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fingerpost-1.jpg?w=375&ssl=1 375w, https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fingerpost-1.jpg?resize=223%2C300&ssl=1 223w" sizes="(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15888.An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears</strong></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.<br /> It’s a historical mystery focused on the murder of a public figure through the lens of four contrasting narrators. Set in 17</span><span data-contrast="auto">th-</span><span data-contrast="auto">century England following the reinstation of Charles II after a civil war.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25227" src="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/demon.jpg?resize=166%2C221&ssl=1" alt="" width="166" height="221" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/demon.jpg?w=375&ssl=1 375w, https://i0.wp.com/mgriblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/demon.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w" sizes="(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/159731/the-demon-haunted-world-by-carl-sagan/#:~:text=Casting%20a%20wide%20net%20through%20history%20and%20culture,%20Pulitzer">A Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan</a></strong><span data-contrast="auto">.<br /> It’s about the scientific method in everyday life, debunking popular myths of demons, witches, and aliens.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>My Go to Shows: </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">White Collar, Castle, Rizzoli & Isles, How I Met Your Mother, and the Great British Baking Show.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Favorites: </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I love tea, music, and a fuzzy blanket!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":279}"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Fun Facts: </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">I studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark for four months and I’ve traveled to eight countries!</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id='jp-relatedposts' class='jp-relatedposts' > </div> </div>  </div> </div>   <div class="tags_container"><div class="tags_icon"></div><div class="single_post_tags"><a href="https://mgriblog.org/tag/internships/" rel="tag">internships</a></div></div> <div class="share_icons_container"><div class="shareicons_icon"></div><div class="single_post_share_icon"> <div class="share-box"> <ul> <li id="facebook"> <a target="_blank" onClick="popup = window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://mgriblog.org/2024/10/29/welcome-our-new-science-communication-intern-ella-halpin/&t=Welcome Our New Science Communication Intern, Ella Halpin!', 'PopupPage', 'height=450,width=500,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); return false" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> </li> <li id="twitter"> <a target="_blank" onClick="popup = window.open('http://twitter.com/home?status=Welcome Our New Science Communication Intern, Ella Halpin! 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