Category Archives: life
Be yourself and don’t take things too seriously
It’s almost a year since I came Rutgers as a graduate student, and I have to say: “Oh, I love it here!” To new graduate students, I’d like to share my experience here with you: don’t take things too seriously, … Continue reading
Organizing Events and Programs
Organizing an event can be incredibly taxing and difficult, especially for a graduate student. However, grad students are often brought into projects of this sort. It provides an event or program with capable staff or assistants of whatever sort, and … Continue reading
The Nurturing Paradigm of Scientific Training
Uri Alon, a biophysicist at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, likes to tell a story about when he first became a faculty member. Already an accomplished researcher, he stepped into his empty new lab and immediately felt overwhelmed. Despite all … Continue reading
The Hidden Virtues of Wasting Time
For the benefit of the incoming graduate students, my department in college used to take surveys of everyone about what they would do if they were starting graduate school over again. (They called this “Starting Over,” and it was such … Continue reading
The Garden State
New Jersey’s nickname of ‘The Garden State’ always seems to be a surprising one for people who haven’t heard it before. New Jersey is not known for its acres of agriculture and natural beauty but for the refineries and decaying … Continue reading
Around Town
In New Brunswick (and the surrounding area), there are many opportunities to relax, have fun, and get out of the house/office. There are a variety of ways to enjoy the diverse offerings of New Jersey of all types: cultural, recreational, … Continue reading
In and Around
While you are a student at Rutgers there is also an opportunity to get out and experience something new. New Brunswick New Brunswick may be small but there are things going on all year. I would recommend looking out for … Continue reading
A relaxing day away from New Brunswick
For the past 12 years of my life, up until August of 2011, I lived in California. Moving to the East Coast was not only a big opportunity to branch out of my comfort zones in the living category, but … Continue reading
Creating Structure in a Formless Summer
This may be the greatest challenge thrown your way since you started graduate school…it threatens to take you down roads of untold temptation and laziness…it could undo everything for which you have fought so hard… What is this horror? A … Continue reading
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
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