Natalia Asenjo arrived during the boxing day with her family to come to a research stay for 6 months. They all change the dry summer of Santiago de Chile for the cold winter of Kingston. Even though the temperatures were very low in the beginning, work with Professor Dr. Tom Russell was a great opportunity for her professional and academic development, so she could not miss it.

March 20, 2018
By: Ian Matheson

Knowing that you are going to be examined in front of your peers is daunting. I don't know many people that would be excited by the prospect, and I'm certainly not one of them. I think I’ll always remember the tightening I had in my stomach that wouldn’t go away as the weeks became days, and the days became hours. I always knew that I was building to this, but I think I was short-sighted throughout grad school—focused on the next task directly in front of me.