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At the Intersection of Art, Science, and Community

Jun 18, 2020 | Natasha Sekhon, PhD 2021 and Stacie Skwarcan, PhD 2023

Effective communication is an integral part of both the scientific and research processes, allowing others to validate and build off of past studies and work. Academics, researchers, and scientists are often taught the value of communication in science, though the skills needed to accomplish this in any meaningful way may…

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Resources for Self-Care While Working from Home

May 5, 2020 | Emily Bamber, PhD 2024 and the Science Y'all Team

This piece is a companion to a post by Kiara Gomez on coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been working from home for over six weeks–I hope everyone is settling into working, learning, and teaching from home. This is a difficult time for all of us and will be…

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Coping with Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 29, 2020 | Kiara Gomez, PhD 2021

Trigger Warning: Anxiety, Stress, Mental Health This piece is a companion to a post containing a list of work-from-home resources. We can all say that this has been a particularly long semester for everyone at the Jackson School. We are currently living through a global coronavirus pandemic, and this has…

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Furry Family at JSG

Apr 24, 2020 | Science Y'all Team

Science Y’all sent out a request to graduate students, faculty, and staff to submit photos of their furry companions, and we received a ton of adorable photos. We needed an extra panel for dogs, but that is okay. The more the merrier! We even had an amazing sketch. Take a…

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Six things that will happen in the first month of your PhD

Mar 27, 2020 | Emily Bamber, PhD 2024

Emily is a first-year PhD student from Wales, UK. Her research focuses on surface processes on Mars using remote sensing and analogue field sites on Earth. Starting a PhD is a daunting prospect. It’s a looooooooong time, dedicated to the study a very specific topic. It’s made even more daunting…

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