Tag Archives: grad school

Make sure your prospective Ph.D. adviser is taking students!!!

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Joan E. Strassmann

Grad school applications are very different from applying to college. It is nearly always the case that in ecology and evolution, you only get admitted if there is an adviser who will take you. This is true even if there … Continue reading →

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Do you celebrate a paper submission with cognac?

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Joan E. Strassmann

There are celebrations for milestones of various kinds. In Japan I hear turning 60 is a big deal. Birthdays, graduations, even publishing can be celebrated. But why not celebrate something that is under your control? How about cheering when you … Continue reading →

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Quick tip for picking a great graduate program: look to the postdocs!

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Joan E. Strassmann

What if there is one simple way of assessing a program, something that is flexible, responds rapidly to increasing and decreasing quality, something that applies to the whole place but can also be used to understand one potential investigator over … Continue reading →

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Gulbenkian in Portugal, best Ph.D. program ever?

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Joan E. Strassmann

What about a program that is interdisciplinary and means it, including various things close to evolutionary biology, and also history of the field? It brings in a tiny class of 15 people or so from around the world to a … Continue reading →

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The three questions on our prospective graduate student evaluation form

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Joan E. Strassmann

We learn so much about our new grad student applicants, but the form we fill out on line for our Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, DBBS, only wants us to put down three things. We are asked: 1. What … Continue reading →

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