by Akshil Patel | Oct 21, 2016 |
As someone studying science and interested in pursuing a career in healthcare, I recognize the importance of vaccines. In short, vaccines save lives. It’s as simple as that. The topic of vaccination has been stirring around my mind ever since I visited UHS to get a...
by Akshil Patel | Oct 16, 2016
One of the newest technologies recently developed in the biomedical engineering field is CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), a new method for gene editing. Essentially, CRISPR-Cas9 allows scientists to selectively manipulate the...
by Akshil Patel | Oct 9, 2016
This semester, I’m taking sociobiology (BIOL 464) with Dr. David Hughes, one of the best professors I have had thus far in college (if you’re a biology or even a science major, I highly recommend taking the class!!). Essentially, the course is designed to get students...
by Akshil Patel | Oct 2, 2016
For as long as I can remember, I have hated writing. Writing, in general, has always been a nuisance for me, especially when it involves me having to think of a creative topic to write about. For some reason, it gives me anxiety and angst. What I dread most about...
by Akshil Patel | Sep 18, 2016
Over the summer, I came across a very intriguing article that one of my Facebook friends shared, titled “How changing what I did every day changed my life.” In the article, the author reflects on his life, and asks himself whether the things he does every day, such as...
by Akshil Patel | Sep 10, 2016
On August 26th, during a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to do something which not many athletes do: he took a stand for what he believed in. Actually, his version of “standing up” was sitting down...
by Akshil Patel | Aug 31, 2016
The 31st Olympic Games, hosted by Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, were one of the most spectacular, as well as controversial, Olympics in recent memory. What makes them especially unique is the overwhelmingly negative media coverage Rio received prior to the Games,...
by Akshil Patel | Apr 23, 2016
Last week, on April 15th, Major League Baseball celebrated the life and legacy of one of the all-time greatest baseball players, Jackie Robinson. On Jackie Robinson Day, every player on every team wears Jackie’s number: 42. This year was the 69th anniversary of the...
by Akshil Patel | Apr 15, 2016
Earlier this week, on April 13th, Kobe Bryant played his final NBA game. One of the world’s all-time greatest basketball players, Kobe retired from an illustrious, 20-year-old career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe’s career, filled with 5 NBA championships, 2...
by Akshil Patel | Apr 11, 2016 |
If you have not heard or read about Elon Musk until now, you must have been living under a rock. But, now that you’ve climbed out from under your rock, here’s a quick biography of Elon Musk, and why I believe he is the world’s greatest innovator. Elon Musk’s success...
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