Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Thursday was pretty awesome . On Wednesday , working on Noel 's research committee really made me eel a lot better , because I felt like I was capable of working on a research project . Everyone on it was incredibly nice and I spent the rest of the day socializing with my cohort . Then we headed over to the LGBTQ Center for a get - to - know - you picnic and I met some other cool people . Plus , one of the RA 's fromt he project and I became good friends there . So on Thursday , I spoke to Noel about being late to the future meetings because of class , and he also asked me how the job search was going and he took down the names of the people who were hiring . 
Question: What is the author trying to do ?
Output (English): He 's trying to do research .