by dpm5611 | Jun 15, 2019 | University of Antioquia 2019
After a few weeks in Bogota, it came time to finally break out of our routine of testing and going to the Instituto Caro y Cuervo. We set off for Medellin because our PIRE partner is located in Medellin at the University of Antioquia. However, our first night was...
by dpm5611 | Jun 15, 2019 | University of Antioquia 2019
After a busy week in Medellin, we took off for Cartagena where 11 of us piled into a van in clown-car fashion. It took almost an hour a half to reach Palenque in scorching heat and cramped quarters. Upon our arrival, we realized that this week was going to be quite...
by dpm5611 | May 31, 2019 | University of Antioquia 2019
We are very fortunate that our host university is right down the street because we have been constantly there testing the overwhelming amount of participants. It is amazing to see the amount of interest in participating due to the conversion rate between Colombian...
by dpm5611 | May 22, 2019 | University of Antioquia 2019
Going to a school that is as big as Penn State, I was averaging about 10,000 steps just from walking to class and home. Since I have been in Colombia, it has plummeted to around 4,500 steps a day. Which is a little bothersome because it makes me feel like we have not...
by dpm5611 | May 10, 2019 | University of Antioquia 2019
My name is David Miller and I am going to be a junior at Penn State in the fall majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and minoring in Spanish. Our research project will be focused on differences in dialect in Colombian Spanish. Specifically, the aspiration of...
