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Source: The Art of Troubleshooting
Back in college, one of the most influential moments I recall was when Professor Tamara Sonn explained the concept of qadr in relation to human beings. The Arabic word, which can be interpreted to mean ‘power’ or ‘destiny,’ refers to one’s potential...

I had my first big rejection last week.
I mean big. The crushing, leaves you speechless type of rejection.
In February, I submitted a proposal for a National Geographic Fulbright fellowship. I wasn’t very optimistic, until I found out in late April that I was a finalist. Suddenly, the impossible didn’t seem quite so impossible, and the following weeks were...

We Admit It!  We get pretty psyched for interview season to begin.  It means each day throughout the summer, when the campus itself is quieter, we get to see hundreds of eager prospective students come through our doors excited to meet with our supremely...

As I sit here typing, erasing, and re-typing words on this blank document to try and express how busy but fun my internship has been so far, I realized that I haven’t even talked about who I’m interning for and what I’m doing.
This summer I have the wonderful opportunity to intern at the Human Performance Resource Center, which is a health initiative of the DoD. HPRC strives to provide evidence based information and key resources to soldiers and their families to help them...