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Getting Started in a Lab
If you are a new graduate student in the sciences, you will rotate through several...
Succeeding in a Graduate Seminar
Some of your most important and impression-forming interactions with your classmates and professors occur in...
Intentional Career Planning
No matter what career you plan to pursue after earning your graduate degree, being proactive...
Preparing for Your Career
Planning for the right type of job Start early. Finding time to devote to your...
Forming an Interdisciplinary Dissertation Committee
Doctoral students in interdisciplinary programs face unique challenges in forming dissertation committees. Based on our...
What You Need to Know about Human Subjects and Animal Subjects for Dissertations
Research involving animals or humans is an essential component of many dissertation research projects. Knowing...
Review of Graduate Student Research by the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
What is the IRB? The IRB is a committee of scientists, non-scientists and community members....
Working the Room
At some point in your graduate career, you will have the opportunity to mingle with others...
Presenting Your Research at Academic Conferences
Academic conferences allow you to: Which conferences? Most UW departments are well-represented at key national...
Turning Your Dissertation into a Book
Interested in publishing your dissertation as a book? You will likely need to revise it extensively...
Managing Large Writing Projects
Large projects, such as an master of arts degree thesis, dissertation, book, or just a long...
The Literature Review
From seminar paper to master of arts degree thesis to dissertation, the literature review provides both...
Communicating with the News Media
Some common scenarios At some point in your graduate studies, you may have the opportunity...
Collaborating and Co-Authoring
Finding opportunities to collaborate and publish Many scholars enjoy co-authoring because doing so affords an...
Academic Job Offer and Salary Negotiations
Some graduate students may fear the negotiation process because they have little or no experience...
A Dozen Sentences that Should Appear in Your Academic Job Application Letter
When you apply for an academic job, your cover letter helps a hiring committee interpret...
Creating a Research Agenda
by UW alumni Justin Reedy, Ph.D., Communication, and Madhavi Murty, Ph.D., Communication, in conversation with...
Strategies to take your research to market impact
In May 2020, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and UW CoMotion co-hosted a virtual professional...