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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Benefits to Being a TA
When I was first looking into graduate school programs, I was attempting to avoid having to teach at all costs. However life, and especially research funding, does not always work out as planned. I’ve been a TA now for several … Continue reading
Posted in first year grad, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Graduate Life, Graduate Skills, Teaching Assistant
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Identity, Goals, and Diversity in Interdisciplinary Research
While I was an undergraduate physics major, my interests and research experiences were quite clearly of the pure physics variety: particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics. There was never any question about my scientific identity or goals — I was unambiguously a … Continue reading
Posted in academics, career planning, interdisciplinary, research
Tagged interdisciplinarity, research interests, science
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TEDxRutgers 2012
TEDxRutgers 2012 has come and gone (Website). I thought I should put my thoughts up about the event. I was one of the organizers of this and last year’s event. I take events like these as great opportunities to get … Continue reading
Impressions of New Jersey
I thought I would make my first contribution to the blog some thoughts about what everyone at Rutgers seems to have an opinion on: New Jersey. One of the most stigmatized states, you’ll get different responses when you ask someone … Continue reading