The Unexpected Benefits of Exercise: Past, Present, and Future

 

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Moving On Up: 5 Financial Secrets No One Tells You about Graduate School

Funded! Receiving an award letter to graduate school is one of the (hopefully many) highs in an academic’s life.

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Moving Forward

I am a writer before I am a scientist.

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Endangered apes

Over the past summer, I was collecting pilot data for my dissertation project on the locomotion of wild African apes, so I spent my time hiking in the forest and watching mountain gorillas in Volca

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Surviving Graduate School as the Minority Representative

I grew up in Phoenix, AZ, specifically in South Phoenix, which is a predominately Mexican-American community. I am Mexican-American.

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Multitasking for the 21st Century Grad Student

The month of May is often a whirlwind! Everyone is busy transitioning from the semester to their summer research (or, for the lucky ones, vacation!).

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All about that Bass(icrania)

As a grad student you are constantly reminded of the importance of networking. Connections you make today can lead to future research projects and job opportunities.

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Serendipity and Bonobos

About this time last year, I faced an all too familiar problem for researchers in our field — I wanted access to specimens that just weren’t readily available.  You see, last spring I

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Mental Disorder in Academia: Chicken or the Egg?

Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, Charles Dickens, Vincent van Gogh, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, and Isaac Newton. What do all these people have in common?

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Balancing Act

I don’t remember what first motivated me to try yoga, but I know what made me stick with it. It felt good to stretch.