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title: Now
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date: 2024-08-26
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date: 2024-10-27
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description: "Find out what I am doing now: What I'm learning or reading, what I'm working on in my free time, and where I'm at professionally."
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In May 2024, I graduated from Rutgers University School of Communication and Information with a [Master of Information (MI) degree](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information) and the [data science concentration](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information/concentrations/data-science). I returned to full-time employment with the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), where I started a [Pathways Internship](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/) in June 2023. I was [converted](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-362/subpart-A/section-362.107) to a position in the competitive service during August 2024.
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I visited Washington, D.C. in mid-August to support [the inaugural convening on disaster human services](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr/event/shaping-future-disaster-human-svcs).
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I am also an instructional assistant for a fall 2024 undergraduate course, [Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/courses/retrieving-and-evaluating-electronic-information), in Rutgers University's [Information Technology and Informatics (ITI)](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/undergraduate-programs/information-technology-and-informatics-major) undergraduate program.
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## In my free time
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* I'm preparing to apply for doctoral (PhD) programs, primarily in sociology, later this year.
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* I'm running [AnythingLLM](https://useanything.com/) with Docker to test the capabilities of several different AI models and LLM API providers.
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* I've been spending time with friends from Swarthmore; I went with one friend to [The Newark Museum of Art](https://newarkmuseumart.org/).
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* I am applying to PhD programs in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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* I am running [AnythingLLM](https://useanything.com/) with Docker to test the capabilities of several different AI models and LLM API providers.
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## What I'm learning
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I am continuing to attend monthly training sessions as part of the [State of the States Data Ambassador Program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/news/njlend-fellow-ethan-yoo-selected-as-state-of-the-states-data-ambassador).
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I am continuing to attend monthly training sessions as part of the [State of the States Data Ambassador Program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/news/njlend-fellow-ethan-yoo-selected-as-state-of-the-states-data-ambassador). The inaugural cohort's last training session is on October 28.
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# In previous months
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## September 2024
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* I started working as an instructional assistant for a fall 2024 undergraduate course, [Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/courses/retrieving-and-evaluating-electronic-information), in Rutgers University's [Information Technology and Informatics (ITI)](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/undergraduate-programs/information-technology-and-informatics-major) undergraduate program.
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## August 2024
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* I saw friends from Swarthmore and went with one friend to [The Newark Museum of Art](https://newarkmuseumart.org/).
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* I visited Washington, D.C. in mid-August to support [the inaugural convening on disaster human services](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr/event/shaping-future-disaster-human-svcs).
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## July 2024
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* For the first time since the emergence of COVID-19, I went with several friends to [Blobfest](https://thecolonialtheatre.com/blobfest/), an annual event commemorating the 1958 film [*The Blob*](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-blob/).
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