by Molly B. Parsons | Sep 2, 2016 | Student Voices
There are many great things about dissertation writing groups. I started making a list when I sat down to draft this post—here’s a sampling: Dissertation writing groups are an excuse to eat really good french-fries (yes, I thought of french-fries first…) an escape...
by Postcards from the Field | Aug 31, 2016 | Student Voices
Me in front of Mt. Logan on the St. Elias ice fields. I'm working in the Kluane region of the Yukon Territory in Canada. I research the behavioral ecology and evolution of North American red squirrels as part of the collaborative Kluane Red Squirrel Project. Our...
by Postcards from the Field | Aug 26, 2016 | Student Voices
A view of Masaya Volcano, one of Nicaragua's many active volcanoes. I am studying the relationship between the upper respiratory tract microbiota and influenza infection. This summer, I worked with the Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia at the Nicaraguan...
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...
by Postcards from the Field | Aug 19, 2016 | Student Voices
Students of West Point, Monrovia: Abraham, Vivian, Patience, Jacqueline, Lorpu and their peers. I am studying how social programs, services and policies moderate the life trajectory of orphans and vulnerable youths infected or affected by the Ebola virus disease (EVD)...
by Arik D. Brown | Aug 16, 2016 | Student Voices
Towards the end of finishing my doctoral work I needed to complete a thermal analysis to help validate my research results. With my degree being in computational electromagnetics, this was far from easy. I had to learn how to use new software in addition to learning a...
by Postcards from the Field | Aug 12, 2016 | Student Voices
Ryan Firebee drone | “Todos somos migrantes” (“We're all migrants”) mural by Teak and Adrián Juárez Omet in Pasaje Rodríguez, Tijuana | Colonia Postal, Tijuana What is a drone? What does it do and how does it work? What political goals are...
by Amy Pistone | Aug 10, 2016 | Student Voices
I’ve been having a lot of conversations with fellow graduate students, both at Michigan and elsewhere, fellow classicists and non-classicists, and there’s been a topic of conversation that comes up a lot: in one form or another, many of us want to grow up to be some...
by Postcards from the Field | Aug 5, 2016 | Student Voices
Me in Escadaria Selarón in Rio! I got the Rackham Conference Travel Grant, and I am on my way to attend a conference in Buenos Aires and took 3 day stop in Rio to see the Olympic 2016 preparations! – Sahil Chhabra, Ph.D. Candidate, ChemistryTags: student...
by Postcards from the Field | Jul 27, 2016 | Student Voices
Sampling iron rich river water to study the role of iron in the Alaskan Arctic. I am a graduate student working with Rose Cory (EES) to determine the role of iron in carbon cycling in the Alaskan Arctic. With ongoing climate change, previously frozen soils rich in...
