As travelling graduate student, I often find myself needing to access Cornell’s servers from my personal laptop. The Cornell IT site has helpful instructions for Windows users and Mac users but nothing for Ubuntu users like me. After tinkering around a bit, here’s how I got things to work. For Ubuntu …
Every time I travel outside of the US, I am overwhelmed by the natural beauty of this world.
Happy New Year from one of the most beautiful countries in the world! I’m starting off the new year back in Rwanda. …
I’m going to be really honest. This week was rough. I’m sure you can relate to feeling overwhelmed and underproductive (I just …
Sometimes grad school can be a little intimidating. You’re surrounded by brilliant people all the time, and you might start wondering how …
You’ve just started graduate school, and now you’re completely lost. Or maybe you’ve realized that this is your third or fourth (or …
First of all, congratulations on starting your first year of graduate school! You are embarking on a wild, whirlwind adventure that will …
Remember when I said that my life is so much more than the pursuit of a PhD? I’ve been keeping a “bucket …
What I didn’t understand was that there is a unique language in each field of study. I needed to speak that language. Veterans of the field speak it fluently while baby grad students stutter along. As in a foreign country, speaking a little bit of the language can take you from being the loud, awkward foreigner to being a welcome part of the community.
I saw that secret in my first year of grad school. It shook me to my core. It’s one of those I …