Over the years, the Graduate School has created hundreds of articles aimed at helping students and postdocs get the most out of their experience at the UW. For the first time, we’ve collected all of these articles in one searchable database, from stories on how to work with your PI or secure funding to insights on how to deal with mental health challenges and impostor syndrome, and much more.
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Strategies to take your research to market impact
In May 2020, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and UW CoMotion co-hosted a virtual professional...
Reaching Out for Support
We know that you’re working hard to meet deadlines, achieve milestones, and fulfill commitments within...
Finding Mentors to Support Your Success
In honor of National Mentoring Month, our newsletter focuses on what it takes to build...
Your Grad School Guide: Developing leadership skills
Hi, reader! We are excited to announce that going forward, this column will no longer...
Professors on Pedestals – Updated
Is there a place on campus where I can learn how to address/talk to professors?...
Start Fall Quarter Off On the Right Foot!
To all graduate students across the tri-campus University of Washington community, we extend a warm...
National support for the postdoc experience
Earlier this month, the OPA and UWPA traveled to Cleveland, OH for the National Postdoctoral...
When the mentee becomes the mentor
As a grad student, you may have the opportunity to mentor an undergraduate student, or...
The Grad School Guru – Equity in the Classroom: Putting names to faces
“How can I learn to recognize my students whose ethnicity is different from my own?...
Advice on an advisor
I am a second-year doctoral student, and have not been able to build a positive...
Working with mentors to support your career goals!
We all have different mentors in our life. These people have our best interest in...
Fostering Inclusive Classrooms as a TA
How do we, as TAs or RAs, work to include all students we work with, given...
Postdocs Rock! Here are 5 Reasons Why
Postdocs are vital members of the University of Washington ecosystem. During National Postdoc Appreciation Week...
Translating Your Postdoc Experience into Practice
An academic journey is an interesting thing. After focusing on developing specialized knowledge in a...
When Is It Time to Move On?
A postdoc experience is often a leap of faith. You might make decisions about what’s...
Writing in Graduate School: Making Sense of Feedback
Core Programs welcomes guest writers to our newsletters – UW students, staff, and faculty. Since...
Professors on Pedestals
Is there a place on campus where I can learn how to address/talk to professors? I...
Making UW Your Own – #UWGradSuccess
Recently, two graduate students from Chemistry, Sarah Vorpahl and Nick Montoni, organized and led a...