Articles
All Topics
Latest
My postdoc hadn’t worked out. The first sign that things were going wrong came before my official start date, but it wasn’t until approximately 2 months into the postdoc…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 16, 2019
After you receive the rejection email from a grad school program you applied to, the questions always come. What could I have done differently? Was my file extensively…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 15, 2019
Life is changing, yet again, and I have to find time to keep doing important things. We all dream of a stable future devoid of inconveniences. It is perhaps, how we…
Over a year ago, I decided to work towards broadening my horizons and investing in my growth. So I applied for a scholarship. A few weeks later I received a call,…
You could argue that my current position as a statistician is a result of an intense desire to avoid any more chemistry courses as an undergraduate student in Biology…
- Meridith Bartley
- May 15, 2019
Three years into my statistics PhD and I’m finally starting to get a feel for what a ‘typical’ day means for me. My life is currently a balancing act between research,…
- Meridith Bartley
- May 15, 2019
One year ago today, I officially started my PhD journey. I remember feeling pretty lost and a little overwhelmed, but also had this ball of excitement in the pit of my…
- Shruti Turner
- May 15, 2019
I was so terrified of speaking at a conference that I purposely submitted my poster abstract after the given deadline, Despite this, my abstract was chosen. I cried when…
Earlier this week, I returned from a very large out-of-town conference. I typically like conferences because it is great to hear cutting-edge research and presentations…
Interruptions are the bane of my existence. When I’m in the zone working on something, it is very disruptive to be interrupted. As I do most of my work in my office on…
- Allison McDonald
- May 15, 2019