The June/July issue of the ACerS Bulletin offers students a chance to document their experiences entering the field of ceramic and glass materials.

These students, who began or continued their scholarship during the COVID-19 lockdowns, faced uncertainty in navigating remote-learning college classes and the challenge of conducting in-lab research during a global pandemic. While these reasons for feeling uncertain may be rather new, the common thread of uncertainty which persists even in more “normal” times serves to connect the students of today to students who have gone before.