Carlos Sadovi (UIC Today, May 28, 2024)|Posted on May 28, 2024
Kendal McGinnis, last year’s CLS winner from UIC, spent last summer studying Russian in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is currently in Innsbruck, Austria, with an English teaching position through Fulbright Austria, and she will next be in Latvia!
Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M. Hartman (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 13, 2024)|Posted on May 17, 2024
Self-employment is often overlooked as a professional possibility open to PhDs. However, a surprising number of us, having considered our options, are drawn to it.
Rachel Brazil (Nature, May 8, 2024)|Posted on May 17, 2024
"A continued effort to persuade scientists to share all their results needs to be coupled with policies at funding agencies and journals that reward full transparency."
Tracy Peña and Jessica O'Brien (InsideHigherEd, March 22, 2024)|Posted on March 25, 2024
Never heard of positionality statements? Neither had we until our instructor asked us to explore them...Our research revealed that positionality statements can tell us important information about the author and the author's worldview.
Eric Hoover (Chronicle of Higher Education, March 22, 2024)|Posted on March 25, 2024
A technical problem with the FAFSA has resulted in inaccurate estimates of some applicants’ aid eligibility, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Friday.
Doctoral student Juan Manuel Losarcos came from Argentina to UIC to study the geology of planets, hoping to pave the route for future space colonists. Now, as part of a team that designed a prize-winning app to virtually explore the moon!
The Graduate College is pleased to announce recipients of its recruitment competitions: the Access Fellowship (recruitment); the University Fellowship (UF); and the Pipeline to an Inclusive Faculty (PIF) Fellowship. Recipients have been notified.…
Marco Romagnoli (University Affairs, Jan. 24, 2024)|Posted on February 21, 2024
"[W]hat is driving me to start a PhD? Will that motivation stand the test of time and hardship? What will a doctorate do for me professionally and personally? What is my goal?"
Lee Rensimer and Tristan McCowan (UniversityAffairs.ca)|Posted on January 22, 2024
Given the importance of higher education and the relatively large body of scholarship on aid to basic education, research on, and consequently our knowledge of, aid to higher education is surprisingly limited.
Kay Kimball Gruder (Inside Higher Education, December 11, 2023)|Posted on December 13, 2023
Instead of arriving at the end of your graduate education with what you wish you had, remain aware and intentional and strategically minded as you cultivate what you actually need.
Dana M. Polanichka and Aubrey Westfall (Chronicle of Higher Education, December 8, 2023)|Posted on December 12, 2023
Advice books on academic productivity recommend a writing routine. The experts say it’s a mistake to think you’ll get much accomplished in frenetic bursts. Yet we are making the case here for 'writing sprints' because they work.
Elisabeth Pain (Science, January 19, 2022 - but still relevant)|Posted on December 01, 2023
"Poster presentations at scientific conferences can provide early-career researchers with valuable opportunities to practice their communication skills, receive feedback on their research, and expand their network."
Lauren Harvey (Inside Higher Education, November 3, 2023)|Posted on November 06, 2023
As I’ve progressed in grad school, however, I’ve learned some lessons that I’d like to share with other students like me. The most basic one: if you are a FGWC student, you are not alone.