how are the research opportunities in Cornell...

rakem
Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:01:34 +0000

I’ve worked at a lab in the vet school since last October…so here’s my experience.

What I did was go to the Student Employment Services website and browse job listings. At the beginning of each semester and at the start of the summer, there will be plenty of job postings, including some from labs around campus; of course, often these refer more to glassware work than actual research. That’s how I got into it…with the option of taking on a project on the side, which I eventually did.

I think it’s a great thing to get involved in. Cornell is a research institution; to only take classes is to ignore a large part of the university itself. And the sense of community, especially where I work, is amazing. It’s very easy to feel lost in a school as big as Cornell…this is one way to make it seem much smaller and more personal.