Student Life
Realize That You’ve Gotten Better
Written by: Suzanna Clark In my first year of graduate school, my advisor told me, “It doesn’t get easier, you just get better.” After a quick google search, I realized that this quote is not original. There are countless blog posts and inspirational pictures centered around it, usually in the context of either…
Read MoreMy Battle with Anxiety in (Daily Life and) Graduate School
Written by: Jessica Dabrowski For more of Jessica’s writing, you can visit her personal blog here: https://www.jessicastephanie.me/ Hey there! I’m Jessica Dabrowski, a current 3rd year and PhD candidate in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, and I have anxiety. I choose to say this in the first sentence of this blog post because it needs to…
Read MoreFlotsam and Jetsam: a PhD student’s love of the ocean
Written by: Danielle Haas Freeman For more of Danielle’s writing, be sure to visit her writing website at https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/dfreeman/ By the time I was thirteen, my grandfather could no longer speak. He laughed sometimes, he gestured to things, he sometimes made noises of displeasure. But he was no longer capable of holding a conversation.…
Read MoreA Year in the Life: Following a Scientific Paper from First Draft to Publication
Written by: Suzanna Clark If it were a pair of boots, they would be worn thin from traveling to my office, the local coffee shop, multiple libraries, airplanes, and buses. If it were an animal, it would be a shapeshifter for the number of times it has completely reinvented itself. If it were a…
Read MoreAll Work and No Play Makes for a Dull Oceanographer
Written by: Jennifer Kenyon People have very different definitions of the word “cruise.” The non-oceanographer imagines a large cruise ship with water slides, a happy hour, cute beverages with little umbrellas in them, and a journey that takes 5-7 days before dropping you off in a tropical paradise without a care in the world.…
Read MorePerks and challenges of international fieldwork: A glider deployment in the Seychelles
When I started working on a project investigating the Gulf Stream, little did I know that one day my job would bring me to the Seychelles. I knew that most of my PhD work would be focused on the North Atlantic, so dreaming of a trip to these lush, remote little islands in the Indian…
Read MoreFollowing snails around the world
Written By: Lauren Dykman Many scientists can link their research interests or career trajectory back to a childhood fascination. The ability to recognize beauty and intrigue in the mundane and every-day is a talent strongest in childhood, and many scientists seem to maintain this ability throughout life. Such a childhood fascination struck me when I…
Read MoreSwimming in confidence: Recap of SWMS 2017 fall symposium
Written By: Christina Hernandez The Society for Women in Marine Science brings together marine scientists of all career levels to discuss the diverse experiences of women in marine science, celebrate the research done by women in the field, and promote the visibility of women in the marine science community. The Society for Women in Marine…
Read MoreWhat WiXII wants: How women at MIT are working for equality
Written By: Suzi Clark Women at MIT have decided it’s time for a change. The Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) has been a staple of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1983. Its scientists have published thousands of papers in topics ranging from the solid earth 3,000 miles below our feet to…
Read MoreStudents off to sea; 20 students, 30 hours at sea: A headfirst dive into fieldwork.
Written By: Eeshan Bhatt, Jacob Forsyth, and Joleen Heiderich Months of planning all converged on 30 hours at sea aboard the new WHOI-operated research vessel, R/V Neil Armstrong. For not a lot of time at sea, we had quite a bit to do and a lot to learn. Our cruise took us out through the…
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