Fall

I had the most amazing fall break.

Please?

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       These first couple of weeks at Rhodes in East Village 304A have been a blast. My roommates (from the left) Caroline, Jenna, and Lizz have been so great, and I am so excited about the coming school year.

304A! (backwards... we didn't think this through very well.)

It was so great to be reunited with old friends - especially Jenna, who has been one of my closest friends for the past two years. Our apartment has such a great atmosphere and everyone is genuinely getting along really well. I can't wait for our future roomie Sarah - who is studying in Senegal for the semester -  to join us!

 

Jenna and I in Another Friend's Room

Taking on a Fifth Roomie?

Another huge undertaking that has happened recently has been taking on a new pledge class for my sorority, Tri Delta. Rush was hectic, but so worth it! Today we took a picnic out to Mud Island with our new members. Such adorable girls!

Tri Deltas Picnicking at Mud Island!

Junior Deltas at the Picnic

     That's all for now - more updates to come as soon as I actually get out there with my camera! I have been scared to bring it out with me because I treasure it so much, but honestly - at this point it has served its purpose documenting my summer full of amazingly photographable scenes.  

It's Official

I fully endorse feather details in unexpected places.

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New York

     I was just in New York this past week to visit my sister Lizzie who is going to Pratt this year! How exciting. She showed me all around Brooklyn and the following two days I got to explore Manhattan with my good friend Sarah. We went to the Natural History Museum, which was amazing! The next day I went to Woodbury Commons for some good ole' outlet shopping. Take a wild guess where most of my physics stipend just went.... clothes!

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan from the Brooklyn Promenade

Dinner at a nearby sushi place - so good!

Empire State

The New York Public Library and The Museum of Natural History

Winston, Sarah and I enjoying the Museum of Natural History 

The Chelsea Market was filled with a bunch of cool, unique bakeries. 

This one was selling Sesame Street cupcakes!

The Chelsea Market

That's all for now! Now it's off to Rhodes to start off the new school year. Yikes!

Have a safe trip back, guys!

Becca

All This Noise...

This week I attended the Noise in Physical Systems Summer School on Harvesting Energy on a Micro and Nano Scale. The school consisted of about five days of lectures paired with a two day workshop in which students and researchers presented their work and asked for feedback.

The facilities at the Summer School were horrendous. I'm not sure how I survived. 

On Friday we took a trip to nearby Orvieto and Todi. In Orvieto we descended into St. Patrick's well...

St. Patrick's Well in Orvieto

The Duomo at Orvieto

Photogenic Four-legged Friends

The View from Todi

Tomorrow I am heading to Rome and then back to the United States on Monday. Tuesday to Thursday is my debriefing in Gainesville, Florida, the paper for which is… still in the works, to put it lightly.