For graduate students officially starting their education journeys at Drexel University, there’s a lot to absorb about starting a different, rigorous program at a different college (and/or city, ...

More than 200 master’s and doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars spent their fall break gaining crucial insights and tips on taking the essential steps to advance their academic journey to ...

When I started my PhD in biophysics in Germany four years ago, I expected to encounter difficulties because I had seen other PhD students’ long working hours and difficult work–life balance. Now that ...

Building community is important to Tommy McMichen. He organizes barbecues and other events for the Computer Science Social Initiative (CSSI). “Growing up in a smaller rural community, those big ...

As a trained scientist, I had a fantastic research mentor. We talked about my research project, which experiments to prioritize and what the data meant, and we even sometimes discussed personal things ...

Graduate school can be challenging to navigate, and for international students, additional hurdles can make the experience even more stressful. According to the university’s Autumn 2024 Enrollment ...

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence (AI) model possessed “PhD-level” intelligence. After all, how ...

As a formerly undocumented immigrant who has spent a decade in academe fighting for the advancement of Latino students in higher education in the sciences, I want to shed light on the struggles that ...