My first Princeton Insights post

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am trying to refine my skills as a writer. Specifically, I am interested in growing within the realm of science communication. As my sporadic posting on this website can probably indicate, it has been difficult for me to carve away time for working on my writing. This is part of the reason why I decided to join Princeton Insights as a graduate student writer. Princeton Insights is a group where grad students and postdocs write accessible reviews about new research coming out from Princeton labs. Part of the appeal of joining the group is that it is relatively low commitment since I only have to meet quarterly deadlines compared to something more regular. Another benefit of joining this group is that I can write within a community with supportive editors who help me polish my work, and also ensure that I am communicating things clearly.

Last week, my first review was published on the website! It is a piece that reviews Dr. Nina Rouhani's recent paper about the impact of surprising memories on the structure of memories. This was a super awesome opportunity for me for several reasons. First, I got to review one of Nina's papers, who I think is brilliant and an all-around awesome person (and graduated from my lab in the Spring). Second, I had the opportunity to grow with the help of editors who helped me go beyond more abstract writing to actually say something meaningful. Third, I am getting more practice writing under a time limit!

So yea! I just wanted to write a quick post to commemorate my first Princeton Insights review, an important milestone as I continue on my science communication journey.