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Turning a Null Result Into a Research Skill

The best part of receiving VIRA was that it let me treat research as the main thing rather than something squeezed around paid work. Unpaid research positions quietly filter out students who can’t absorb the cost of them, and the award removed that calculation for me.

By Sarah Rosenthal
Sarah Rosenthal Director, Experiential Learning Programs and Student Employment
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A Summer of Research at the Library of Congress

Receiving the Violet Internship and Research Award made this opportunity feel like part of my NYU education, not a separate experience.

By Sarah Rosenthal
Sarah Rosenthal Director, Experiential Learning Programs and Student Employment
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Where Research Took Me

What I’d tell another student: Don’t let “unpaid” automatically become a “no.”

By Sarah Rosenthal
Sarah Rosenthal Director, Experiential Learning Programs and Student Employment
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