Justin
Justin took his interest in Music Journalism and completed a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) to research his hometown radio station! That SURG project became a Billboard published article!
Here is what Justin had to say about the process: “After I heard about an older friend spending their summer doing research, I couldn’t get the thought out of my head, but worried about giving up the ability to take an internship. Yet as I planned my project, I knew this was exactly how I wanted to spend my summer — researching radio and the rock music scene in my hometown. It felt especially rewarding to follow this project to the end, even if it meant writing and editing during my Fall Quarter abroad, and publish my research as a feature with Billboard. That’s a better takeaway than just about any internship could’ve given! I’d urge anyone who’s remotely interested to look into undergraduate research, since it lets you work on a passion project with support and funding you might not find outside of a university like Northwestern.”