Category Archives: Research

Last Day of Spring Break

Posted on March 28, 2008 by meg

Happy Friday =) My sister and her boyfriend are visiting this weekend, so I get to do lots of touristy things that I haven’t really done yet.  I do, however, have to bite the bullet and be ok with driving … Continue reading →

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Prospective student weekend

Posted on March 5, 2008 by meg

Ahh the new admitted grad students arrive today and tomorrow – so weird! It doesn’t feel like a whole year since I was doing that…not at all.  Too bad they put it right at the end of the term like … Continue reading →

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In need of a little super…

Posted on March 1, 2008 by meg

It seems that the closer the quarter comes to being over, the more things keep popping up that have to be done before then. The most immediate things are the two class projects I have to finish within the next … Continue reading →

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Second project in the works

Posted on January 20, 2008 by meg

One of my goals for the beginning of the new quarter was to find my second research project before the end of January, and it looks like I’ve got one!  I’ll be looking at data from Cassini (and *maybe* New … Continue reading →

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MESSENGER’s First Flyby

Posted on January 17, 2008 by meg

NASA’s MESSENGER mission made its first flyby of Mercury last weekend, and everything seems to have gone really well. It’s so cool! We haven’t been there since 1975, and Mariner 10 left more than half the surface unimaged. This flyby … Continue reading →

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Once more into the breach…

Posted on January 4, 2008 by meg

Ok, cheesy title for a blog post, but that’s a little like how I feel.  Classes start again on Monday, and I’ve got to get myself back into the work-all-the-time mode.  I had a good vacation, saw a lot of … Continue reading →

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Done! For real this time!

Posted on December 17, 2007 by meg

I turned in my last final this morning, and I’m done with the fall quarter! Yay!  I still have research to do over the break, though, especially if we want to get an LPSC abstract in by January 8th…For now … Continue reading →

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Back in town, but not for long

Posted on December 15, 2007 by meg

I got back from the conference last night and slept a whole lot.  The whole trip was pretty exhausting, between all of the talks and my final exams and meeting people that are good to know in my field.  I … Continue reading →

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December in Pasadena

Posted on December 9, 2007 by meg

…is very warm. Except it does get cold at night, and in the morning, and when it rains (which is more frequent than I was led to expect! But not as frequent as in Boston). Jon and I took my … Continue reading →

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A Mad World, My Masters

Posted on November 13, 2007 by meg

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week – aahhh!  Soon it will be the end of the quarter and finals and that conference in SF and then Christmas!  Time goes so fast…although on the other hand, I also can’t believe … Continue reading →

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