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I think that PhDs are funny things. You have a lot more time than you think, but also less time than you thought. It takes a long while to adjust to this concept, and to…
- Anastasia Doronina
- June 5, 2019
When I started graduate school, the Director of Graduate Studies explained to me and my fellow first-years that the key determinant of PhD success is not brain power but…
- Stefanie Woodard
- June 5, 2019
6 years is a long time. In 6 years, a newborn becomes a first grader; Jupiter travels halfway around the sun; World War II began and ended. And after 6 years, I am still…
- Stefanie Woodard
- June 5, 2019
I’ve come to realize recently, that in the course of a 3 to 4 year PhD, perfection is out of the question. Not because I’m being pessimistic, but because I’m working on…
- Shruti Turner
- June 4, 2019
Since I began my PhD program, my weekdays have remained pretty consistent: class, lab, and then time at home. But my days are often interrupted with hiccups that single…
In June 2017, I travelled to Bulgaria and Romania to collect samples for my PhD. A month earlier, I drove almost 1300 km across both countries in search of a perfect…
From a very young age, I was always fascinated with science and I had a certain naiveté in life that allowed me to be incredibly optimistic. However, I soon realized…
This week was the last week of my clinical internship. And I was so sad to go. By some miracle, I was able to hold in my tears, until the next day anyway. I can’t…
- Elizabeth Mulherron
- June 4, 2019
I didn’t choose to study cholesterol. I just can’t get excited about sterols and organic chemistry and metabolism. So what made me choose the “cholesterol and cancer”…
Of all of my experiences, I have found that teaching in college was the hardest because of my age. I was 29 when I became an adjunct professor, but I did not look a day…
- Katherine Hart
- June 4, 2019