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Writing Samples
Story | 01
Mental Health and Schizophrenia
With over 43,000 students across UW-Madison’s large campus, it’s easy to feel swept up and alone among the sea of people. However, over 2 ½ years ago, Colin Bass found a way to make it feel a little smaller. If you’re ever traversing the busy streets of Madison, you might have come across numerous lime green bandanas tied to the bags of both students and faculty. What’s the significance of these small strips of fabric?
Story | 02
DASHing Through Our Minds | UW Research
In today’s day and age, the importance of how everyday stressors impact our minds is growing. Regardless of who, and what we have encountered, everything brings a certain degree of stress. Nonetheless, the real question is do stress hormones help us or hurt us?
Honestly, not many people are sure.
As a result, Dr. Heather Abercrombie and her team began the DASH (Depression, Adversity, & Stress Hormones) study to investigate how stress hormones and early life experiences contribute to depression in women.
Essay Sample
Androids & Artificial Intelligence
In general, politicized science refers to science surrounded by controversy or public squabble. However, the science itself typically isn’t the root of the brewed disagreements. It’s the possible policies that could potentially surround it. Consequently, the more intelligent and “thinking” these machines become, people have to begin to compromise their values and beliefs.