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Grad School Extracurriculars

For the first post on observations on grad school after grad school, go here. The idea of doing extracurricular activities during grad school is a touchy subject, and here’s why: On one hand, activities outside of your research are often … Continue reading

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Knock Knock…

…who’s there? Me! Looks like it’s time to break my hiatus. Excuse me for the long gap, I took a bit of a break. I did, however, advance to candidacy in the meantime. Yes. Good to be back!

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NY Times Highlights 23 Students that are Cooler than You

This is an inspiring way to start off the new year. Students doing cool things. Click the link below and scroll down to “23 Student Innovations.” I want to highlight a prof”s comments in the first article about the movie … Continue reading

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Make an Immediate Timeline – Immediately!

  Photo by: flattop341 Let’s get this out in the open once so we don’t have to mention it again and again: We are all busy. We all have too much stuff that we either have to do for ourselves, … Continue reading

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Posting from WordPress

If you can read this post from your reader, the switch has been successful!

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On Second Thought: I'll Post Whenever I Want

A little while ago I showed some zeal and posted this that mentioned I’d be ensuring one to two posts a week. I would like to say that on second thought I’ll post whenever I want. I’m sure all 10 … Continue reading

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Grad Hacker is Here to Stay

Alright folks, I’ve posted once in the past month and four times in the past two months. Yet somehow, miraculously, the readership persists (thanks!). Some projects on the research end are starting to wrap up, so I say it’s time … Continue reading

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Get Quick News: NPR's 5-minute News Summary Podcasts

I’ve heard students and professionals alike lament about how much time they waste on the internet reading news. Grad students are incredibly susceptible to this since we’re so often just sitting in front of a computer with no risk of … Continue reading

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New Template

I didn’t like the old design and thought it was a bit hard to read so I changed it. Hope this is better!

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Don't be THAT Kid

All of us are busy. Everyone knows the famous grad student tag-line of being “overworked and underpaid”. We all would like to spend more time exercising, playing with friends, with loved ones, cooking for ourselves, eating better, and of course, … Continue reading

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