by anna_beaudry1 | Oct 4, 2021 | graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, graduate student resources, guest post, Present Your PhD, PYPhD, Research Opportunities, STEM
If you want to get a bunch of scientists to nod approvingly, walk up to a group of them and say “What we really need is to be better about communicating our science.” It’s the perennial problem that scientists love to complain about but don’t always act upon. Many...
by beth_barr | Feb 10, 2020 | GPS workshops, graduate student advice, graduate student guest post, STEM
Today we welcome Biology doctoral students Brooke Morris and Zach Winfield to BearTracks. “Find a mentor.” Right? We have all heard that phrase. But how do you do it? I remember hearing ‘find a mentor’ at the start of my undergraduate degree. But I...
by beth_barr | Feb 3, 2020 | Beth Allison Barr author, graduate student guest post, STEM
We are so pleased to welcome back Present your PhD (PyPhD) to BearTracks. They have great resources to help graduate students learn how to better communicate their research. We appreciate their willingness to share these with us! Everything we do at PyPhD focuses on...
by beth_barr | Sep 2, 2019 | Beth Allison Barr author, Graduate Student Mentoring, STEM
I only discovered PhDcomics.com last year. I have now made my way through much of the comic archives, which stretch all the way back to 1997 when the author–Jorge Cham–began his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. The comic strip,...
by zach_winfield | Jun 17, 2019 | STEM
The first official day of summer is June 21st, but the temperatures are already rising. For those new to the Texas summer this is your reminder to wear sunscreen and drink plenty of water, or if you are like most STEM students, just hide in your lab until the sun goes...
