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The exciting — and sometimes daunting — thing about graduate research is that you never know where it will take you. Engineering PhD student Danielle Ripsman says that's all part of the experience.
Research is a strange beast in that you need to propose what you're doing before you do it. But at Waterloo, I've been given a lot of freedom and support.
See how Danielle is channeling a lifelong love of puzzles into better outcomes for cancer patients.
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