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• November 02, 2009

  Graduate students are also introduced to the concept of “transferable skills”

  Just got an email about a workshop for grad students called “Convert your CV into a Resume.” Besides the fact that universities should be offering more than workshops to prepare the vast majority of grad students who won’t be securing a coveted te...

• July 01, 2009

  Rotation decisions for my first year of graduate school

  So, I’m a just a few months away from orientation, Boot Camp, and the beginning of my first semester of classes in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at UC San Diego. One of the big decisions that I’ve had to start thinking seriously about is the f...

• May 12, 2009

  Latest project launched: Yale Journal of International Affairs

  Earlier this week, I launched my latest project: a new website for the Yale Journal of International Affairs.I’m really excited about how it turned out. The journal, which is run entirely by grad students at Yale, had accidentally lost their old w...

• February 09, 2009

  Three things I wish I had started freshman year of college

  I initially compiled this list while I was applying for grad schools. It was just a quick email that I sent to a list of other Flinn scholars, hoping that it could be a few words of wisdom for the new ones. Here it is:I wish I had…1. started signi...

• February 02, 2009

  Interactive photo exhibit on the cheap, part 1: Drupal & Podlinez

  In April 2008, COAR launched a photo exhibit with artist Eliza Gregory. Titled “FUSE: Portraits of Refugee Households in Metropolitan Phoenix,” the exhibit sought to raise awareness in the community regarding Phoenicians’ newest neighbors. From th...