by Amanda Greene | Mar 27, 2017 | Student Voices
This is the first in a new series of blog posts by participants in Mellon Public Humanities Mini-Courses. Learn about 2017 mini-course offerings and register to participate! I decided to go to grad school because I wanted a research career. When I began my program, I...
by Shweta Ramdas | Mar 22, 2017 | Student Voices
The types of people you find at seminars: That guy in the front row who is always sleeping, head nodding off to a distinct rhythm That guy who sits in the center of the room with his laptop open, alternating between Facebook and Google chat The prof who sits five rows...
by Rackham Graduate School | Mar 17, 2017 | Student Voices
We all know graduate students are very busy and spend most of their hours writing. But what do graduate students do in those rare moments when they are not writing? See what Rackham graduate students on Instagram have submitted to our 'When I'm Not...
by Shweta Ramdas | Mar 10, 2017 | Student Voices
Did you just have planned a weekend that was full and enriching, with just the right balance between work and play, so you could start the week with an empty to-do list and plenty of spirit in the tank? Good for you! Oh no, did you oversleep by 3 hours, and have now...
by Jana Wilbricht | Feb 27, 2017 | Student Voices
As Ph.D. students, we tend to have full work schedules and large writing projects to work on during every minute we don’t spend in meetings, on conference calls, running experiments, teaching, or presenting our research at conferences. It can be difficult to find...
by Jimmy Brancho | Feb 20, 2017 | Student Voices
If you work in the natural sciences, it’s likely that you’ve heard that science is apolitical. Numbers, data, hypotheses and theories supposedly exist outside the realm of state and national borders, of boardroom handshakes and stump speeches. In my career as a...
by Jeff Lowe | Feb 15, 2017 | Student Voices
Prelude: In light of recent events, I want to let all readers know that regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual identity, etc., in my opinion, you belong here at Michigan. I believe our diversity makes us stronger, and I think that I speak for most of my...
by Douglas Brunton | Feb 6, 2017 | Student Voices
As much as we would like to think that we live in a post-racial world as apparently evidenced by the election and re-election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, the sad reality is that in most settings the overt racism of the past has been subtly...
by Alana Chin | Jan 27, 2017 | Student Voices
Open Adobe Photoshop Copy, paste, cut, crop. Build the figure, make it pop. Forgot to save? Better not! I'm putting down the pipette, So I wait, the timer’s set. I check my notes and forgot a step. Now immediate regret. No time to waste, here we go. But my head...
by Kush Patel | Jan 24, 2017 | Student Voices
Teaching initiatives in Detroit are often framed as opportunities for strengthening our institution’s connection with the city, for moving curricular revisions onto a more critical and equitable terrain, and for building skills that are necessary for engaging with...
