After graduating from Reed two years ago, Jesse (formerly Look) has interned at the Washington State Patrol crime lab in Seattle and discovered an interest in explosives. Or, maybe the interest was already there when she arrived at Reed? The last time I attended a Chem 101 lecture, the profs were busy blowing up hydrogen-filled balloons and the students were cheering like mad.
Jesse has decided to go “professional” with her interests. She has applied and been accepted into the engineering program at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology or NMT for fall 2012. “Should be awesome fun!” she writes.