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April 9 by Sophia Muller
A Pox on My House
If you’ve been in the Ottawa-area, chances are you, or someone you know, may have been infected by it. And no, I’m not referring to the “Juno-fever” that gripped this city; rather, a very nasty –and persistent- cough. This cough literally took me out of commission for two weeks, and had the worst symptoms I’ve [...]
April 6 by Ross Cheriton
A post-Master’s defence blog
Last Monday was my defence date! I think it went well (I passed, haha). I think I’ve never been so nervous during a presentation, and I don’t usually get that nervous. I was very comfortable during the round of questions though. I was surprised that the defence presentation is only supposed to be 10 minutes [...]
April 5 by Maria-Hélèna Pacelli
On the importance of gratitude
Now that I’ve completed my final dissertation, I await final approval from my second reader. Don’t get me wrong, I almost cried tears of joy when my advisor signed the form to approve my project for my second reader. I was thrilled to get that in by the deadline, very grateful that after countless revisions [...]
April 1 by Denis Giroux
A Small Victory
It is already April 1st, the semester is nearly over, and it still seems as if the amount of work I’ve been doing in the past few weeks have been quantitatively paying off. I feel as if I have just as much to do in the days and weeks ahead than I used to a [...]
March 29 by Ross Cheriton
So you want to be a Physicist…
Today, I attended an informal talk with an invited professor Dr. Federico Enrei. It wasn’t about any physics in particular; he came to talk to give us a quick “survival guide” at scientists. It was a super chill discussion with a bunch of graduate students sitting around a large table with him. I think it’s [...]
March 26 by Val Tweedle
Deadlines, You’ll be Missed.
I believe deadlines are important. They motivate you to get things done, and you feel immense satisfaction when you meet them. On the other hand, it can be fairly crushing to see a deadline come and go, and just keep going, and going…. and going some more. The deadline that spurred this post was [...]
March 15 by Maria-Hélèna Pacelli
Caught in a Bad Romance: not just male citizens
If you haven’t seen this video circulating, it’s time to hop on the band-wagon. For International Women’s Day 2012 Soomo Publishing produced and circulated a parody of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance. Their video, entitled Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage commermorates key struggle in feminist (her)story: full suffrage for all women in the United States. This struggle [...]
March 13 by Val Tweedle
The Best Part of Being a Grad Student
In my mind, the best part of being a grad student is getting the opportunity to be a teaching assistant. Now, you may think I’m crazy, but hear me out. I will admit, there are some not-so-great TA gigs. Correcting 250 first year midterms exams over reading week isn’t exactly my idea of fun [...]
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