By Wendy Robinson. Even the healthiest backs suffer from the neglect, strain, and stress of graduate school. Not only do our hectic schedules make getting exercise seemingly impossible, but the hunched-over, seated posture required to write, read, type, and attend lecture, decreases flexibility in your lower back and increases stiffness in your shoulders and neck. Over time, this can lead to uneven muscle development and chronic pain. Read more...
I Defended: Now What?
By Wendy Robinson. Successfully defending my dissertation was the hoped-for, and even to some extent expected, outcome. Still, it felt surreal to walk across campus knowing that I was essentially done being a student for the rest of my life. Read more...
Support Your Writing Productivity and Leave Binge-Writing Behind
By Travis Grandy. While it might be easy to base your writing schedule off of the academic calendar (i.e. the flurry of writing seminar papers that happens in the last two to three weeks of the semester in a haze of caffeine and all-nighters), you’re probably also familiar with the burnt-out feeling you get after pushing through a period of intense writing. Read more...
How to Hit Inbox Zero
By Anjali Gopal. Email can be one of the most stressful and time-consuming parts of your day if you don’t have a good system for handling it. Read more...
Are You a Student of Higher Education?
By Joshua Kim. The first colleague that I heard refer to themselves as a student of higher education was Dave Cormier. Not as an expert in higher education. (Which he is). But as a student of higher education. Read more...Learning Architecture Through 'A Burglar's Guide to the City’
By Joshua Kim. How could you teach architectural design to someone who does not think that they are interested in architecture. Read more...6 Reasons to Jump at the Chance to Speak at Another College
By Joshua Kim. One of the most enjoyable aspects of my work is when I’m invited to speak at a peer institution. Read more...The 5 Places I Get Information
By Joshua Kim. The average American spends more than 490 minutes per day consuming some sort of media. That is more than 8 hours. Read more...Who Should Talk the Most?
By Joshua Kim. A modest meeting etiquette proposal for your consideration:
- Those with the least organizational power, status, and security speak most.
- Those with the most organizational power, status, and security speak least. Read more...
Choosing Tom Vanderbilt’s ‘You May Also Like’
By Joshua Kim. Can our preferences be decoded? Given enough data, can what we will choose be predicted? How much are tastes even our own, rather than the product of marketing, manipulation, and persuasion. Read more...