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If you choose to pursue a PhD, carefully reflect on your interests, skills, and long-term expectations. Here are some points that you can keep in mind when making this…
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…
When a student comes from an underrepresented background, such feelings can be intensified by a real or perceived sense of not belonging in their situation. This post…
With the rapid expansion of knowledge, science needs to become increasingly collaborative. This article talks about some ways by which collaboration benefits research…
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…
  • Guest Author
  • 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…
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…
  • Guest Author
  • May 28, 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…
Spintronic devices, which use electron spin to process data, are emerging at the forefront of semiconductor applications. Staying a step ahead, scientists from Korea…