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Take it easy this conference season
Before committing to a colloquium, consider carefully whether the time and cost are worth the payoff.
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From marketer to MFA
How I returned to graduate school as a working professional.
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How to get the most out of your sabbatical
Detailed planning keeps you on track toward your goals.
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Travelling to the U.S.? Here’s what to know.
How to protect yourself and your research data when crossing the border.
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Strategies to help with the hardest part of our job: grading
Grading can be tedious, but there are ways to make it more human and – surprisingly – more fun.
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Teaching in a world of bleakness
Instructors have the opportunity to provide students with empathy, context and skills to manage our current context.
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Emphasize this: structuring highly readable sentences and paragraphs (Part 1 of 2)
If your writing is being labeled as ‘too dense’, there are some simple ways to reorder the words in your sentences.
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The curious incident of the nobbled college and university retiree associations
All soon-to-be-retired academics should be encouraged to join their institution’s retiree association – but some don’t even know it exists.
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Plotting out your summer
Summer is a great time for both rest and productivity, so some serious planning on the front end can help you make the most of both.
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Designing a pathway through our post-pandemic teaching challenges
How to support the teaching mission at your institution.
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Mentorship matters: Building relationships that shape your grad school success
Having a mentor who is available when you need them and listens to your dreams and concerns objectively is key.
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Should your supervisor be your boss?
Working for your supervisor is a choice, not an obligation.
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Addressing the gap in academic professionalization for graduate students
Academic support units have an important role to play in the professionalization of graduate students.
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The New Frontiers in Research Fund: peer reviewers’ perspectives
Often, interdisciplinary research projects don’t fit into the standard funding competition requirements, but the NFRF values true interdisciplinarity.
