GRIT at UVA

GRIT at UVA The Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team is a grassroots student organization with the goal of enhan

Happy almost weekend ๐Ÿฅณ Final introduction for our 22โ€™-23โ€™ GRIT council!! Meet our Communications Chair Sarah! Sarah is a...
07/21/2022

Happy almost weekend ๐Ÿฅณ Final introduction for our 22โ€™-23โ€™ GRIT council!! Meet our Communications Chair Sarah! Sarah is a 3rd year MIC student in Natasha Sheybaniโ€™s lab. Her project focuses on leveraging therapeutic ultrasound to potentiate liquid biopsy in preclinical models. Sarah spends her time outside the lab listening to music ๐ŸŽง, crafting ๐Ÿงถ, and watching anime with her friends.

Itโ€™s hump day! Itโ€™s almost the weekend ๐Ÿ˜ฉ Anywaysโ€ฆLetโ€™s welcome our 22โ€™-23โ€™ Treasurer Raquel (she/her)! Raquel is a 3rd y...
07/20/2022

Itโ€™s hump day! Itโ€™s almost the weekend ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

Anywaysโ€ฆ

Letโ€™s welcome our 22โ€™-23โ€™ Treasurer Raquel (she/her)! Raquel is a 3rd year student in Manoj Patelโ€™s lab where she studies genetic epilepsies (she loves patch clamping!). Raquel spends her time outside the lab at a local ceramics studio where she makes functional ceramic art! She also loves social dancing ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป, rock climbing ๐Ÿง—โ€โ™€๏ธ, and playing video games ๐ŸŽฎ.

Letโ€™s continue our welcome week by introducing our Secretary Sarah (she/her)! Sarah is a 3rd year Pathology student in H...
07/19/2022

Letโ€™s continue our welcome week by introducing our Secretary Sarah (she/her)! Sarah is a 3rd year Pathology student in Hui Liโ€™s lab where she studies chimeric RNAs as targets in colorectal cancer. Outside the lab, Sarah enjoys being outdoors, reading, and hanging out with her dog, Peaches! ๐Ÿถ

Welcome Sarah (and honorary member Peaches ๐Ÿ‘) to the UVA GRIT council of 22โ€™-23โ€™!!!

06/06/2022

Join us for our end of year meeting tomorrow at 3pm in PLSB 200! Open to all interested or experienced with GRIT. DM us for a link to join us virtually~

TW: su***de awareness In partnership with , GRIT is taking part in the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention's char...
03/25/2022

TW: su***de awareness
In partnership with , GRIT is taking part in the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention's charity walk. Join us at the Amphitheater at 10am on April 10th and donate to our team (link in bio)!

We are PUMPED for  Second Look this week!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ There's some awesome stuff planned and be on the ๐Ÿ‘€lookout๐Ÿ‘€ for emails abou...
03/14/2022

We are PUMPED for Second Look this week!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ There's some awesome stuff planned and be on the ๐Ÿ‘€lookout๐Ÿ‘€ for emails about your GRIT buddy! We were able to match โœจ16 recruitsโœจ to current UVA students based on identity - an initiative born from ! ๐ŸŽ‰

02/28/2022

Merry Monday!!! GRIT has our general body meeting today at 1pm! Check your email for zoom information or DM us ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ

That's a wrap on GRIT Day 2021!! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰ A huge thank you to everyone who participated, and to our sponsors for their suppo...
10/21/2021

That's a wrap on GRIT Day 2021!! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰ A huge thank you to everyone who participated, and to our sponsors for their support!

Happy GRIT Day!! โ˜€๏ธ Our last board member is Kendra Liu, who is our communications chair! She's from Goodyear, Arizona ๐ŸŒต...
10/21/2021

Happy GRIT Day!! โ˜€๏ธ Our last board member is Kendra Liu, who is our communications chair! She's from Goodyear, Arizona ๐ŸŒตand is a 3rd year in Sarah Kucenas' lab. Her research is focused on cell death and clearance in neurodevelopment. โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿง  Outside of lab, Kendra enjoys playing Pokรฉmon and cuddling with her cat, Bean. ๐Ÿฑ

IT'S A DAY BEFORE GRIT DAY! So it's the perfect time to introduce Phoebe Cook, who is GRITโ€™s Treasurer. ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’• She is a f...
10/20/2021

IT'S A DAY BEFORE GRIT DAY! So it's the perfect time to introduce Phoebe Cook, who is GRITโ€™s Treasurer. ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’• She is a fifth-year from Adamant, Vermont and studies the evolution of beetle social networks with Butch Brodie in the Biology department. ๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿชฒ When she isnโ€™t running around the woods looking for beetles ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฒ, sheโ€™s running around the woods looking for people with the Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group! โ›‘๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ’จ

Today is Taylor Day! ๐ŸŒป Taylor Nystrom is GRITโ€™s secretary and a silly billy. She is a 3rd year in the biology department...
10/14/2021

Today is Taylor Day! ๐ŸŒป Taylor Nystrom is GRITโ€™s secretary and a silly billy. She is a 3rd year in the biology department, working on a collaboration between the Siegrist and Bergland labs, and her work focuses on how nutrition and natural genetic variation interact during neurogenesis. ๐Ÿชฐ๐Ÿง  In addition to doing research, Taylor feels very passionate about science education and increasing community access to research science. When she is not doing or talking about science, Taylor likes to rock climb, read books, garden, and pet dogs. ๐Ÿง—โ€โ™€๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿถ Taylor is also the GOAT (greatest of all time)! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ…

What?? Two posts from GRIT this week? You're right! ๐Ÿคฉ It's cause we can't wait to introduce Rachana Bhave! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Rachana is...
10/07/2021

What?? Two posts from GRIT this week? You're right! ๐Ÿคฉ It's cause we can't wait to introduce Rachana Bhave! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Rachana is GRIT's VP for Biology. She is a 6th year from Pune, India and studies sexual selection in lizards with Bob Cox in the Department of Biology. ๐ŸฆŽ๐ŸฆŽWhen she is not thinking about lizards mating, she enjoys swimming ๐ŸŠโ€โ™€๐Ÿฅฝ, strength training ๐Ÿ‹โ€โ™‚, playing with the resident cat ๐Ÿฑ, or lurking on youtube and social media. She is also passionate about teaching and is currently procrastinating by reading & thinking about the philosophy of higher ed and its intersection with race, gender, democracy, class and caste. If not in lab, you will find her at the cozy Atlas Coffee! โ˜•๏ธ

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