One of the most important skills you can hone as a scientist is your READING skills! Spending some time every day with a book or an article, no matter what the topic, will help you learn to focus on what you're reading and keep your skills sharp all summer.
Not sure where to start? We've got suggestions!
If you would like to stick to something science-y, but maybe not as technical as a scientific paper, you might try reading an article or two from Science or Nature (there are scientific papers in these, too, if you're feeling ambitious). Note: if you hit a paywall on either of these, UMBC has a subscription. Follow this link to step-by-step instructions for accessing journals from off-campus using UMBC's subscription, if you haven't done that before.
If you have absolutely no idea where to start, you might try browsing Goodreads (they have user-generated lists of books usually with a certain theme or target audience) or stopping in at your local public library and asking a librarian for help finding something to read in a certain topic, theme, or genre (they usually love helping people find reading materials that serve their needs).
Want to join our summer book club? Click here!