Now That’s What I Call Grad School Advice – Finding a Good Advisor

In the next post of this series on advise to first year graduate students, I wanted to discuss finding a good advisor. Now many students entering grad school have already selected an advisor, but I think it is still worthwhile to discuss what a good advisor looks like, what an okay advisor looks like, and… Continue reading Now That’s What I Call Grad School Advice – Finding a Good Advisor

4 Ways That Running A 50 Miler Was A Lot Like Writing My Masters Thesis

When I tell other graduate students I like to run ultramarathons, they ask why I would ever do something so long and pointless. Irony aside, instead of writing a traditional race report, I had a fun time thinking about how running the Dirty German 50 Miler this past weekend was similar to my experience writing… Continue reading 4 Ways That Running A 50 Miler Was A Lot Like Writing My Masters Thesis