What. A. Week.

Seriously though…what a week! You don’t really get a sense of how much there is to do until you get here, and then you want to do everything. I mean…just look at this bulletin board:

 

Here’s what I did these past several days…and you could find lots of events like this every week during the semester.

On Wednesday, a couple of my professors gave an awesome lecture on Alzheimer’s Disease. Since I’m an aspiring neuropharmacologist, I went over to the lecture and they talked about what AD is and the research currently going on in the field. Later that day, I went a featured lecture by a professor visiting from Penn State – Dr. David Hughes. Guess what his lecture was on. Go on. Do it. Guess!

ZOMBIE BIOLOGY. wut?

He talked about his research on parasites and zombie ants. What’s a Zombie Ant, you may ask? This is a Zombie Ant.

Thursday night was Jazz Night and ViCE Jazz brought this great Balkan band that played Bulgarian music. It was great because it was unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. And for you music buffs out there, they probably went through every time signature you can think of… 5/4, 12/8, 9/8, 11/8… Yeah. They did it all.Here’s the Jazz Night Poster for the Balkan Band.

Friday Night was Roaring 20s! It was a night full of Blackjack and swingin’ tunes. If you look behind me and my friend here, you can see the big band. They were great.

Saturday – I gave a tour, went to a Vassar Repertory Dance Troupe show, and I had a gig of my own for an All Families Weekend Reception. Got paid $50/hour. Yeah. That’s right.

Anway, today is Sunday (catch-up day) and I’m running an experiment in lab right now. Here’s a glimpse into Olmsted and my workstation.

 

Til next time,

-Matt