by Deanna Montgomery | Jul 6, 2018 | Student Voices
It’s my very first week of grad school. I’m sitting in the Rackham Auditorium for one of a seemingly endless series of orientation talks and wondering how I got here. Two years prior to moving to Ann Arbor to start my Ph.D. I was answering questions about what I would...
by Deanna Montgomery | Sep 1, 2017 | Student Voices
Dear New Grad Student, Sorry I didn’t catch your name. We met a few months ago at a poster session during an internal symposium. Though my work is significantly outside your field, you showed an unfettered interest in my project. It didn’t surprise me when I asked if...
by Deanna Montgomery | Jul 20, 2017 | Student Voices
As a third-year Ph.D. student, having finished all of my required courses and much to the confusion of many of my friends and colleagues, I decided to take an additional class during a semester when I already had little time to spare. While there were times that my...
by Deanna Montgomery | Dec 19, 2016 | Student Voices
During my first week as a graduate student, I was inundated with resources from about a week of orientation sessions. Among the stacks of papers that I accumulated that week was a hardcopy of this mentoring guide published by Rackham. I remember thinking it looked...
by Deanna Montgomery | Oct 31, 2016 | Student Voices
If you’ve been in or around the world of academia for long enough, you’ve probably heard the analogy that joining a research group is like getting married. I’ve even heard research rotations explained as akin to dating. So, at the risk of stretching this metaphor too...
by Deanna Montgomery | Aug 24, 2016 | Student Voices
Hi there! My name is Deanna, and like many of you, I spend a lot of time pretending I have it all together. I’m a third-year Ph.D. student in Medicinal Chemistry – and no, you’re not the first person to ask me what that means. My short answer is “chemistry as...
