Grad school started out really well for me.
I was enamored with my thesis topic (yes, really) and I had a great relationship with my thesis supervisor.
During my first year I had lunch with a postdoc, and I told her how well everything was goin ...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th 2017 at 1:13PM
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by Jeri Dansky on January 5, 2017
Reduce, reuse, and recycle has been a mantra of the environmental movement for many years. It’s also really good advice for anyone serious about uncluttering.
Reduce
You don’t need to remove clutter if you don’t let it enter your home or office in th ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2017 at 2:21PM
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BY JANE HURST
It’s time to head back to college. The question is, should you or shouldn’t you bring your car with you? It can be a really handy thing to have a vehicle with you while you are in college. At the same time, it can be a complete pain in the you-know-what as well. A teen who has ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2017 at 2:13PM
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
Grad School Does’t Last Forever
(even if it feels like it will)
Grad school started out really well for me.
I was enamored with my thesis topic (yes, really) and I had a great relationship with my thesis supervisor.
During my first year I had lunch with a postdoc, and ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2017 at 1:57PM
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by Roderick Kelly
A little known tax credit can help you save for retirement, even if you feel you don’t have the money to do so.
The formal name is the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit. Most people, however, know it simply as the Save ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th 2016 at 2:22PM
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Sometimes, the video that would’ve been helpful for you arrives right after you’ve completed a task. Over the past few months, I’ve been gradually relocating my books from my basement at home to my office at work, thus symbolically completing a ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th 2016 at 2:07PM
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I’ve always had this idyllic image of winter break: wearing fleece pajamas and slippers, drinking hot chocolate, and reading a novel by a warm fireplace. Unfortunately, I spent the last 11 years of my life in Florida, so that was never what my winter breaks looked like. My winter breaks usually incl ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th 2016 at 1:59PM
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UNCF® Career Pathways Initiative to Prepare Students for 21st Century Career Paths, Promote Employability and Improve Quality of Life
After a six-month planning phase, Morgan State University announces the award of a five-year, $2-million grant f ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th 2016 at 10:06AM
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With exams getting closer, exam panic kicking in is quite common amongst many students. In fact, some students even lose their sleep over this and tremble in fear keeping in my the approaching exams. It’s mostly because students just haven’t been preparing for their exams or it could be because thin ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 4:20PM
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by Alan Marnett.
We’re very excited to announce our new partnership with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) to help bring two new video-based services to scientists. For more information, see the original release below. To learn mo ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 4:15PM
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I’m thrilled to share with you my newest ebook about habits, and perhaps my best yet on the topic: The Habit Guide: Zen Habits’ Effective Habit Methods & Solutions.
I wrote this for the Kickstarter backers of my Habit Zen app (so if you’re a backer, don’t buy this, check your Kickstarter updates ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 3:56PM
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by David Caolo
Holiday organizing sometimes means calling in a professional.
The winter holidays represent a busy time for many people. In addition to the day-to-day tasks of running a household, you may take on:
•Traveling
•Hosting v ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 3:04PM
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BY DAVID GUTIERREZ
Every now and then, you’ll run across someone who really loves studying, but for all intents and purposes, these folks are unicorns. They’re fictional creatures that teachers wish existed. For most of us, studying is seen as burdensome, time-consuming, and tedious. But, as coll ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 2:47PM
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
If you are wondering about how to write a thesis when you feel completely overwhelmed, I understand your dilemma.
During my first five years in graduate school I envied senior students who were so close to the finish line.
I imagined that once you get approval to defend ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 2:36PM
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By Briallyn Smith
Wrapping presents can be a ridiculously stressful part of your holiday experience.
Books and boxes may be easy enough, but there is always at least one gift that’s an impossible shape. And, in a world full of Pinterest-ins ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2016 at 2:27PM
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by Franziska Castillo
You’ve got the crib. The baby monitor. The stroller. The highest-rated-for-safety car seat. You’ve thought of everything for that newest member of your family. Or have you? What about your baby’s financial future? Rel ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:52PM
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This post is by Samantha Fitch, a PhD Student at School of Population Health at the University of Auckland
As I approach the 3-year mark, I’m the worst person to talk to if you want to do a PhD. I heard an undergraduate student say how she “ju ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:47PM
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Mark Zuckerburg might think that fake news on Facebook didn’t sway the election, but Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci (and many others) aren’t buying it. In a piece for the New York Times (where she is a regular contributor and a must-read), Tu ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:43PM
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No matter how much I stand up to the online education haters, they still have a lot to say about the “less impressive, less strenuous,” interactive internet platform classes so many students are taking these days. I do admit, it gets a bit frustrating attempting to refute the critics and show them t ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:41PM
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When we started BenchFly five years ago, in 2009, our mission was to make research a better career for current and future generations of scientists. Today we continue to work toward this goal using video as the primary means to educate scientists in ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:34PM
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Intrinsic descriptions
One immediate benefit of considering coordinate-free descriptions of geometric objects is that we may talk about “curves” that are not a priori embedded in \mathbb{R}^3. In other words, we don’t have to start with a su ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:33PM
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Path of Fearlessness
By Leo Babauta
The more I work with people who are struggling with habits or life problems, the more I see how fears are holding us back.
Fears stop us from building healthy and productive habits. Fears cause us to pro ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:30PM
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by David Caolo
Technology offers the promise of convenience and ease. These awesome tech gift ideas deliver on that promise. From taking notes to the ultimate bedside charging cable, we’ve collected the best tech gifts that add convenience to yo ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:28PM
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
Dropping Out of Grad School Is A Silent Epidemic
Dropping out of grad school has a high financial and emotional cost for students and their families.
Every year about 50% of grad students drop out of doctoral programs.
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Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:23PM
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are big sale days for gamers, whether you’re looking for hardware, software, or some gifts for your fellow gamers in the coming holiday season. If there are any games or consoles you want to buy, this month is the time ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:18PM
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