News tagged with graduate student
Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source
(Phys.org) -- For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2012 |
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PHD Comics hits the big screen
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you are a graduate student, you are more than likely aware of the popular Piled Higher and Deeper, or PHD, Comics created by Jorge Cham. These comics cover the everyday struggles that s ...
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Physicists report nanotechnology feat with proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA physicists have made nanomechanical measurements of unprecedented resolution on protein molecules.
Dec 17, 2011 |
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A time for a change in the PhD system
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a series of articles published in Nature, the world has too many PhDs and not enough academic jobs to sustain them. Researchers point out that it is either time to make change ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Listening to the stars
It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Why are California birds getting bigger?
Alfred Hitchcock would have appreciated this twist: The birds in central California are getting bigger.
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection
Purdue University biologists identified a new way in which bacteria hijack healthy cells during infection, which could provide a target for new antibiotics.
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Practice tests improve memory, researchers say
Although most people assume that tests are a way to evaluate learning, a wealth of research has shown that testing can actually improve learning, according to two researchers from Kent State University. Dr. Katherine Rawson, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Study: Prepare grad students for work beyond academia
Universities need to work more closely with business, nonprofit and government sectors to better prepare graduate students for careers beyond academia, according to the report for a national project that a UC Davis dean helped ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 10, 2012 |
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Google's 1Q lobbying bill more than triples to $5M
(AP) -- Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $5 million during the first three months of the year amid increased government scrutiny of the Internet search leader's business and privacy practices.
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Research findings contradict myth of high engineering dropout rate
Research findings suggest that, contrary to popular belief, engineering does not have a higher dropout rate than other majors and women do just as well as men, information that could lead to a strategy for ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Study: LinkedIn resumes more honest -- in some ways
A new study says people are less likely to lie about big things on resumes they post on the professional network LinkedIn compared with traditional resumes.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College
(PhysOrg.com) -- College students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who have not signed up for the social networking website, according to a pilot ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Safe and scientifically sound
In August, federal officials sent a letter to Yale University formally criticizing its safety practices in connection to the accidental death of a student.
Sep 09, 2011 |
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California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study
Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to graduate, according to ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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