Usman Hameedi ’08, a member of the first Science Posse at Brandeis, has written about his experience in a piece that recently appeared at Huff Post College. Hameedi, a Biology major, scientist, poet, and aspiring doctor, tells the story of the grand experiment that was the first posse:
Science Posse was new to everyone at Brandeis — the students, the mentors, the faculty and the administration. You could tell there was a lot of interest in making it a success. People wondered: Was this too ambitious? Would this work? […]
Left: Hameedi in his Brandeis days, working in the Thomas Lab.