Bioengineering
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Read more: Rocks behind the Renaissance: CarraraStanding at the edge of the Carrara quarry, the first thing that hit me was just how massive it was. No photo really prepares you…
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Read more: Logan Mierzwicki: Carrara minesThe mines in Carrara, like any other mine in the world, are occupational hazards, even with advancements in technology, the miners still have to contend…
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Read more: I, in fact, do not yearn for the minesLooking out the window as we approached the vast mountains towering over us, the quarries looked like small patches of snow. As we traveled up…
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Read more: Bones and All: Day 6Today was less about historical events and more about looking closely at how historical things were built, and why. At St. Barbara’s Cathedral, the flying…
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Read more: Engineering Through the CenturiesThe main part of today was visiting Kutná Hora, a small town outside of Prague. This was home to my favorite stop of the trip…
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Read more: Day 06: Adventures in Kunta HoraOur first stops on our way to Kunta Hora were to three churches, one of which was the Sedlec Ossuary, the “bone church”. This was…
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Read more: Day 06: Lessons from HistoryOur day started early as we took a bus to make our trip to Terezín. Terezín is a historic town that was first built in…
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Read more: Lessons from Terezín and PragueToday we visited Terezín Memorial, which holds many decades of history in the Czech Republic. It was initially designed as a fortress for protection during…
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Read more: Community Within: Day 5When walking through the town of Terezin, what hit hardest wasn’t just the scale of suffering but the endurance of it; people holding on not…
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Read more: Day 05: We Cooked, and We AteWe had a slow start to the morning, starting with an enjoyable and spontaneous trip to the top of the clock tower. The views were…
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