Having been a college student for close to four years and having spent a year away from school on a year long Co-op, I can certainly say I have gained a much more worldly perspective since my beginning at the University of Pittsburgh. It is important that when you’re in the middle of the latter half of your education that you sit down and ask yourself the question “how did I get here?!” When I do this, there are so many blessing that I count – whether it be my family, friends

Every Bioengineering student at Pitt student has heard our fearless leader’s, Dr. Jack Patzer, famous mantra “Co-op is the single greatest experience you can have as an undergraduate.” To many, this phrase was taken as a law which led to an overwhelming amount of aspiring bioengineers at the co-op fair during the fall of 2014, the start of my sophomore year. These 150 sophomore bioengineers, including myself, strolled into the co-op fair with high hopes and dreams of obtain

Bioengineering is a challenge: that’s not an opinion, it’s a fact (generations of Bioengineering alum will confirm that). Like any other challenge, however, there are tips and strategies to help you conquer it. Here are the tips that I’ve found have helped me been a successful BioE student these past 3 years here at Pitt: 10. Expect to be busy – Not only are we students, but we have extracurricular activities, friends, and some of us have a job. College is a time of staying u