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    Key questions when applying for grad school
    Juliana González-Tobón
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Key questions when applying for grad school

    Applying to graduate school is a very interesting experience. You are probably super excited and also nervous, absolutely normal. As an...
    Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school
    Edauri Navarro-Pérez
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 6 min

    Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school

    Edauri invites us on her reflection about roots and how these can be extrapolated to her experiences, privileges, oppressions...
    Time Management: A Must-Have Life Skill
    Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 7 min

    Time Management: A Must-Have Life Skill

    Detailed techniques and suggestions to start mastering time management. By Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry.
    Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 2
    Marlia Bosques-Martínez
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 7 min

    Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 2

    By: Marlia Bosques Martínez (Part 1) 2. Increasing beneficial insects/microbes When thinking about gardening, we also want to mimic...
    Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 1
    Marlia Bosques-Martínez
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 1

    By: Marlia Bosques Martinez There are 3 essential factors that will help you have a healthy farm or garden with minimum diseases and...
    From Farm to Table: Educating the next generation
    Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    From Farm to Table: Educating the next generation

    The United Nations estimated in 2019 that the world’s population would increase by 2 billion in 2050. To feed such population growth, the...
    7 Commonly asked questions in Poultry Science
    Ismael J. Pérez Cordero
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 5 min

    7 Commonly asked questions in Poultry Science

    In Animal Science, there is a lot of enthusiasm to learn as much as possible about the animal or types of animals you like the most. In...
    Transitioning from a Plant Biology Ph.D. to a Career in Technology Transfer
    Julia Miller, PhD
    • Apr 30, 2021
    • 6 min

    Transitioning from a Plant Biology Ph.D. to a Career in Technology Transfer

    "Just like transitioning to any new job, there was a long list of things I needed to learn."
    Communicating Science to the Public: The Why and How
    Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios
    • Apr 3, 2021
    • 5 min

    Communicating Science to the Public: The Why and How

    Are scientists trained to effectively communicate science to the public?
    How to Talk Science with Your Aunts?
    Juliana González-Tobón
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    How to Talk Science with Your Aunts?

    In this pandemic-crazy world, there is a very high chance that your family has been overwhelmed with scientific information.
    Unlock the Blackbox of Finding a Postdoc
    Yingyu Liu
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 7 min

    Unlock the Blackbox of Finding a Postdoc

    "To my surprise, almost everyone I talked with had a different experience of how they searched for a postdoc position."
    Let's Grow a Garden! Part 1: Temperature, A Key Factor for Growing Our Food
    noelymargonzalez
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    Let's Grow a Garden! Part 1: Temperature, A Key Factor for Growing Our Food

    However, have you wondered why we have to wait until the spring or summer to grow our food? Let's find out!
    From Virology to Marketing Communications: Building a Career in Scicomm After Grad School
    Yingyu Liu
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    From Virology to Marketing Communications: Building a Career in Scicomm After Grad School

    Science communicator Mariko Alexander shares her transition experience from graduate school to her current position as a technical editor.
    Orchids
    Francisco C. Tirado-Mercado
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    Orchids

    An introduction to these not-so-complicated plants.
    Highlighting Women in the Soil Sciences
    Women in Ag Science Team
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 9 min

    Highlighting Women in the Soil Sciences

    These are their stories.
    Soil, The Finite Resource That Sustains Life
    Women in Ag Science Team
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    Soil, The Finite Resource That Sustains Life

    Soils are alive!
    Do You Want to Master Your Time? 5 Tips to Start!
    Juliana González-Tobón
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    Do You Want to Master Your Time? 5 Tips to Start!

    There are so many resources out there that claim to be the ultimate solution for our organization issues. But, where to start?
    Career Series: Transition to Postdoc Life: From Ithaca to Tucson
    Morgan Carter
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Career Series: Transition to Postdoc Life: From Ithaca to Tucson

    Every job I wanted had one little requirement in the job description that I did not meet: “postdoc experience”.
    Career Series: Strategies to Practice When Your Job Search Collides With a Pandemic
    Yingyu Liu
    • Oct 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    Career Series: Strategies to Practice When Your Job Search Collides With a Pandemic

    It has been known that job search is a numbers game.
    Is Plant Therapy a Real Thing?
    Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry
    • Oct 10, 2020
    • 6 min

    Is Plant Therapy a Real Thing?

    Gardening: an activity for the mind, body, and soul.
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