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We are at the end of an exciting month marked by interesting and thought-provoking discussions in academia. If you were unable to keep a tab on the goings-on in…
I go by @AcerbicAcedemic or Bitter Professor on Twitter where I mostly give free reign to my thoughts about being a professor, and sometimes, about being a bitter…
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  • October 29, 2018
Completing a PhD is like running a marathon. You can approach it as a race and attempt to finish first, or you can merely focus on finishing. Instead of pacing…
About a month ago, I was invited to talk to a group of young ladies about my favorite topics. I immediately said yes, because what could be better than chatting about my…
The research methods I planned to use for my PhD research were never a secret. I was expected to disclose the research methods I intended to use, in my PhD application…
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  • May 10, 2019
She eagerly tells her story, shows us her malnourished children and explains the intersection of poverty and inequalities that have contributed to her situation. We know…
As we enter the final week of our anniversary month, we thought it would be a great time for a special anniversary spot quiz! Just answer this single question related to…
By my colleague’s measure, I may have committed career suicide multiple times. Right now, at this moment in time, I feel both confident and challenged by my career for a…
Lately, I've been captured by the idea of putting the philosophy back into a PhD. I was doing data exploration for my work and just hit a wall. I could not move forward…
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  • May 28, 2019
Dr. Sridhar Gutam, senior scientist at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, India, and founder of “Open Access India” shares insights into the open access…