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Apr
4
Yasmin Rahmani
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Video: Fulbright Presentation

As I had promised, here is the video version of my presentation. For those of you who have not yet read the previous post, I traveled to Santander to present my research at the Fulbright midyear meeting.  It just barely covers all of the exciting work I’ve been involved with in the past year, but we were only given five-minutes to present.  I really enjoyed making this video, and for those of you interested,...
Mar
25
Yasmin Rahmani
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Las Fallas or Santander?

It’s truly an unfortunate predicament.  As a foreigner living in Valencia for the first time, missing Las Fallas is all but blasphemous.  It is arguably the most important week in Valencia.  However, thanks to some untimely planning, La Comisión Fulbright decided that this would be the week to have our obligatory mid-year meeting. Of course, only in Spain would a “mid” year meeting be held when the...
Sep
21
Yasmin Rahmani
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Why am I in Spain?

“…and to understanding the neural garden of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s timeless metaphor ‘las células de formas delicadas y elegantes, las misteriosas mariposas del alma’ — cells of delicate and elegant shapes, the mysterious butterflies of the soul.” The above is from my Fulbright project proposal essay, and likewise, my favorite. Ramón y Cajal (note: that’s one person, not two) is...
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