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The Professional Student is a blog about everything grad school from the application process to my experiences living as a grad student, being a parent in grad school, and researching the role of chemistry in the evolution of our universe.
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I hate playing email tag, but trying to schedule meetings always ends up with back-and-forth emails to find a time to meet. In this post, I recommend the program Calendly for lessening the burden of scheduling meetings.
Read MoreSomething I’ve noticed over ten terms of teaching scientific writing is that scientists are usually never taught how to write figure captions. I pulled from my experiences, Write Like a Chemist, and the ACS Style Guide to put together some thoughts and guidelines for writing figure captions.
Read MoreProposal writing, teaching, and passing candidacy (!!!). These are the highlights from my seventh term of graduate school.
Read MoreWisdom teeth, teaching, and SciComm. These are the highlights from my sixth term of graduate school.
Read MoreTeaching, a final course, and a holiday in Europe. These are the highlights from my fifth term in grad school.
Read MoreI took a short course about course design in November 2017. In the second installment, we covered strategies for motivating students and transparent teaching as well as active learning strategies.
Read MoreI'm taking a short course about course design. In the first installment, we covered student development, backwards design, and learning outcomes.
Read MoreIn "Is the classroom lecture going extinct or simply evolving?", Dr. Catherine Drennan showed that "small changes make a difference" in teaching. Examples include getting creative with clickers, incorporating examples of real applications of material, and showing the faces of science (other than the lecturer).
Read MoreTeachWeek is a "celebration of teaching and learning" at Caltech. This year, the program is centered around the time of Empowering Learning. On the agenda for the fifth day: a rapid-fire session giving ideas and practices that can be incorporated into your own teaching.
Read MoreTeachWeek is a "celebration of teaching and learning" at Caltech. This year, the program is centered around the time of Empowering Learning. On the agenda for the fourth day: a seminar about transforming general chemistry into a more active and effective experience.
Read MoreTeachWeek is a "celebration of teaching and learning" at Caltech. This year, the program is centered around the time of Empowering Learning. On the agenda for the second day: a lecture about transparency in higher education.
Read MoreTeachWeek is a "celebration of teaching and learning" at Caltech. This year, the program is centered around the time of Empowering Learning. On the agenda for the first day: a panel discussion with Caltech faculty and alumni.
Read MoreWhether for a term paper or an academic journal article, peer review is an important part of the writing process.
Read MoreThere are many ways to reach out to other scientists, from journal articles to social media. Scientific perspectives are a medium somewhere in between.
Read MoreOrientation continues with the annual teaching conference, a day-long event focused on what makes an effective teacher and how to proceed with the students in mind.
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