Inside the Ivy
Inside the Ivy: Brown is Sending Something Into Space
The one with Brown in space and Columbia in the snow.
Brown student group is launching a satellite
A continuously evolving NASA-funded group of Brown University students will be launching their satellite into space after seven years of work. On May 9, the group of two-hundred past and present members will watch their EQUiSat satellite launch into space.
The Brown Daily Herald reports, “The project, funded by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, will send a small cube satellite to the International Space Station to then launch into orbit. The EQUiSat will test lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are used in machines such as lawn mowers, but find limited applications in spacecrafts.”
The satellite also serves as a symbol of the accessibility of space with its low cost and its visibility from the ground due to it being on the same latitude as Providence, RI.
UPenn reports: The Chinese international student struggle
Chinese students make up roughly one-third of all the international students in the U.S., but many struggle socially due to linguistic and cultural barriers, as well as from professional and academic pressure.
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports, “At Penn, where around 38% of international students are Chinese, the administration has taken some steps to ease the transition, like creating Mandarin–speaking support groups at CAPS.”
Many Chinese students feel these programs don’t do enough, though, or simply don’t feel comfortable using them at all.
Randoms:
Columbia students enjoy a good snowball fight
Former Harvard president’s secret book on the history of the atomic bomb
Quote of the Week:
“When I’m not in a blind murderous rage, I am very excited about this moment. The strength of this moment indicates the power of what we have.”
– Kate Clinton, comedian at a Princeton women-in-comedy panel on the current political atmosphere
Tweet of the Week:
.@cameron_kasky at Harvard last night: https://t.co/Rdo26W20W1 #ParklandForum pic.twitter.com/sQY4a2XXKo
— Ben Swasey (@benswasey) March 21, 2018
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