As a young scientist, doing your research and building up your career is hard enough. The demands to learn the art of the trade, make a mark in your field, and navigate the highly competitive academic world can rapidly become …
Jessica Marmolejos values education — and so does her family.
“I come from a big family,” she said. “Everyone has either graduated from college or is going to graduate college,” she said.
With family roots in the Dominican Republic, education proved …
We have to talk about ChatGPT, or as my sister @anitranot styles it, ‘ChattieG.’ (which is both funnier and easier to say).
The reaction to Chattie in academia seems to oscillate between moral panic (“OMG, The Youngs will cheat on …
Perhaps you’re one of those people who have always known exactly what you wanted to study. I suspect, though, a lot of researchers are like me: interested in many things at once.
This wasn’t a problem in my earlier academic …
College is getting more expensive all the time, and today many jobs also require—or prefer—a graduate degree. How can you afford graduate school without taking out more loans? Fortunately, there are plenty of opportunities to seek funding, although it may …
Perfectionism In Your Thesis Writing Is the Enemy of Progress
“I can’t stop doing literature search!” said Claire while we were eating lunch, just a month before her thesis deadline.
“I want to start writing, but I always feel like …
Human creativity is hard to beat.
I’m thinking of poetry, of art, of my favorite science fiction novels and authors. I’m thinking of Vonnegut, Bradbury, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Asimov, Heinlein, Octavia E. Butler, and my new obsession Sylvain Neuvel. These …
Often PhD students complete their master’s degree before moving into doctoral studies. This might be an exciting but anxiety-inducing period. Greta shares how she’s readying herself for the start of the PhD by providing three actionable tips.
This academic year …
Two months into my Ph.D. program, I attended a focus group to discuss health and disability in graduate school. I asked a professor what accommodations were available to students taking their qualifying exams, the oral tests that are a crucial …
Hannah Wastyk was born in Jiangxi, China, and grew up with her adoptive parents in a small town in Pennsylvania. She grew up wanting to be a doctor, and had her first job in a cancer research lab during high …
