The culmination of my four years at university left me with one piece of paper, and I felt robbed.
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Channeling confidence: how to effectively nominate yourself for an award
An unspoken challenge of applying for awards: admitting that you are not only good at something but deserving of recognition for it.
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Dissociating My Self-Worth from My Research
It was August 2015 and I was a newly minted PhD candidate when I found out I was being cut from my lab.
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Do what you love and make it worthwhile
What is your passion? For me, it’s music. But when I got to college, there wasn’t a place for someone like me, a STEM major, to play music for fun.
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6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels
I’m a huge believer in the idea that to make a difference, you should start where you’re already at. For me, that’s a graduate student studying bioengineering in Arizona.
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Your Resume Should Tell A Story
Chronological order. Sections for education and work experience. Name and address at the top. Fits on one page. For many years, these were the rules I was told about what a resume should look like.
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Be your own cheerleader
“Flattery feels a lot better than insults,” they say, but have you ever felt uncomfortable accepting praise?
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Choosing a graduate mentor
Upon the start of my PhD and towards the end of it, I was faced with the choice of choosing a lab mentor.
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