March 6, 2015, Filed Under: 2014, DIY ResearchSpring 2014 In the Spring 2014 semester, 34 freshmen along with 7 upper-division mentors completed a series of skill development exercises that produced authentic data on a wide range of topics including the diversity of the student’s oral microbiome, the public health of the creek on UT campus, and the diagnostic potential… read more
February 14, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Riley Welch My interest in the DIY Diagnostics stream was actually sparked long before my knowledge of the Freshman Research Initiative, and long before my enrollment in UT, and, if we’re being very specific, long before my acceptance to the university at all. As a senior in high school, my AP biology… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014, DIY BlogMeet Our Student Researchers! Going to open houses can have an affect similar to that of an approaching avalanche. But don’t panic! Despite the wealth of streams available and all of the information to be absorbed, it’s completely possible to fall in love with a few research topics. To help first semester freshmen here… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Andrew Acosta I chose to be in the DIY Diagnostic stream because we have a diverse selection of opportunities available for research and lab experience. There are a variety of group projects available to become a part of, like the FRIome, frack water, and Waller creek projects, but we are also given… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Lindsey Alter What appealed most to me about the DIY Diagnostics stream was the way it combined biology and chemistry with computer science. I really liked the idea of learning to code and create an app that could actually be useful. When I went to the presentation during open house, Dr. Riedel… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Salvador Arellano I can support anyone who claims that your first year at a university as a freshman is new, confusing, and can be very daunting. When I entered my first semester here at UT, I immediately looked for something that I can be a part of so I could fit in… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Alyssa Benavides As I visited streams my first semester of college I was pretty intimidated for the most part. Although, DIY Diagnostics caught my attention because it was a new stream and Dr. Riedel seemed very eager to get things going in the lab. It was different from the other streams because… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Jessica Tom When I was a first semester freshman, I immediately noticed DIY Diagnostics as a stream completely different than the rest. While reading about the stream on the FRI website I was intrigued by how open-ended and applicable it was—two characteristics that are still true to this day—so I decided to… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Aurora Brinkman Multiple factors led to me choosing DIY Diagnostics as my top FRI lab choice. It was the stream that matched up most closely to my interests, public health and medicine. During the DIY open house I could already think of some diagnostics that I wanted to try to develop. The… read more
February 13, 2015, Filed Under: 2014Anjalee Choudhury Hello! My name is Angie Choudhury and I am a second year in DIY. I chose DIY because it was new and innovative and it really stood out from the rest of the other streams. Dr. Riedel was really enthusiastic about starting it up, which really appealed to me! After… read more
