After what felt like the most grueling semester of my life, I was dismayed to discover that the UBRP orientation was going to be a two-day, 16-hour marathon beginning at 8:00 in the morning. Happily, I can report that the experience was well worth it. It provided an introduction not only to the UBRP program, but also to my fellow UBRPers.

By the end, I had decided that:

* I should take a calculus-based biology-modeling course

* I should drink lots of water

* I do but don't want to go to Peru

* It's not a "hood," it's a "cabinet"

* The university's lobbyist is a great resource for policy questions

* I should put a CD, a UBRP handbook, and some little plastic things into three less obvious categories

* My UBRP cohort is awesome!

Heather Bruce, UBRPer in Dr. Lisa Nagy's lab, Molecular & Cellular Biology