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GradHacker Now Available at Inside Higher Ed

By GradHacker On September 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Hey, GradHacker readers! As you may have noticed, we’re no longer posting at this site—but we haven’t stopped writing about the grad school experience. Find our latest posts over at Inside Higher Ed. And to make sure you don’t miss out on a single word of GradHacker, follow us on Twitter […]

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All Good Things Come to a Pause

By GradHacker On June 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment

School’s out for summer, and GradHacker is going on its annual hiatus beginning this week. We will resume publication in August, so keep your eyes open for our fabulous fall line up of seasoned and new writers.

In the meantime, consider joining the GradHacker team. We are currently hiring for a new Managing Editor […]

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A PhD Abroad

By Erin Bedford On June 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Erin Bedford (@erinellyse) is a PhD student in Nanotechnology Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI) in a co-supervised program.

There are many recognizable stereotypes of PhD students—a scientist working in the lab until 3 am, a historian sitting in an old library at a table […]

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Managing Public Speaking Anxiety

By KD Shives On June 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Katie Shives is a PhD candidate in Microbiology at the University of Colorado. During her free time she writes about microbiology-related topics at microbematters.org, kdshives.com, and on Twitter @KDShives.

We all have to present our work to others at some point in our graduate careers, and this commitment to public speaking can […]

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How Humor Can Transform Your Classroom

By Natascha Chtena On June 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.

At the beginning of my second quarter teaching, I had a major cold sore outbreak that could only be tolerated under thick layers of desensitizing, gross-looking ointment. Within an hour […]

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Antivirus software for students

By Emily VanBuren On June 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today, we have compiled the best antivirus for students. It has become important to have antivirus to not only protect your computer offline but also when users surf the internet, with so many malicious websites spread through the web[…]

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A demo on Bitcoin Up App

By GradHacker On June 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Bitcoin Up App is an algorithm  designed by a group of software engineers which predicts the future bitcoin price by analyzing the price developments in the past and today’s market. A demo is arranged for students who are keen to venturing into trading digital currencies […]

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Learning R

By Andrea Zellner On June 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Andrea Zellner is a Phd student in the Ed Psych/Ed Tech program at Michigan State University. She can be found on Twitter  @AndreaZellner.

I have recently dedicated myself to learning R, a programming language and environment for focusing largely on statistical analysis and computing. The benefit of using R over other statistical computing […]

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When All Else Fails

By Ashley Sanders On June 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Ashley Sanders is a doctoral candidate in the department of history at Michigan State University. You can follow her on Twitter at @throughthe_veil or on her blog, Colonialism Through the Veil.

In one of the worst academic job markets in history, many of us have been compelled to rethink our plans for […]

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Fridge Frittata: A Quick $10 Recipe for Grads

By Liz Homan On June 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today’s post begins GradHacker’s Good Eats Recipe and Photo Contest. Submit your recipe for a good meal under $10 to win GradHacker swag. Visit the GradHacker Good Eats contest to get inspired and submit your own recipe!

Liz Homan is a doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education at The […]

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True Confessions Of A Chronically Ill PhD

By GradHacker On June 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Leslie Rott is a guest author who received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan in 2013.  She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College.  She blogs about chronic illness and higher education at her blog, Getting Closer To Myself.  You can find her on […]

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