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Meeting 09/02/2020: How to Come Up with/Obtain New Research Ideas

by trr007 | Sep 21, 2020 | Advisors, Articles, Dissertation, Journals, Literature

Obtaining a new research topic in grad school seems to roughly split into two main methods: coming up with a topic yourself, and having a topic assigned or suggested to you. Of course, there can be some overlap, and starting from one method may lead into the other....

Meeting 04/30/2020: Scientific Literature/Literacy

by trr007 | May 21, 2020 | Articles, Journals, Literature

  We’re all supposed to read scientific and peer reviewed literature on a regular basis… so they say. But nearly all grad students find reading journal articles to be a difficult and exhausting chore. How often, how many articles, and how in-depth you...

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