Etiqueta: graduate school
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On not suffering (much) in graduate school: Part 3
Oprime aquí para leer la versión en español. Oprime aquí para encontrar la parte Uno y acá la parte Dos. Todo tiene su final, nada dura para siempre. Tenemos que recordar que no existe eternidad… («Everything has its end, nothing lasts forever. We have to remember that there is no eternity…») I failed to include…
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My interview at the In Common Podcast: Talking about food systems research, wellbeing, and grad school life
065: Food systems, communicating science and taking care of yourself in academia with Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz Click here to listen «In this episode, Courtney speaks with Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, a PhD candidate in Food Systems at the University of Vermont. They discuss Luis’ unexpected path to his research on Puerto Ricans farmer adaptation and food…
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My Unstructured Structure and the Meadow of Flowers
This is the final reflection written for the University of Vermont course, «Writing Across Disciplines», taught in spring 2020 by Dr. Caitlin B. Morgan. The essay was written in May 2020–Thus, when it says, «this semester», «now», etc., it refers to January-May 2020. In the start of the semester, I wrote that I would focus…
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On Not Suffering (Much) in Graduate School: Part 2
Presiona aquí para leer la versión en español. I wrote a piece in 2018 about the strategies and habits that helped me go through my terrible first year of graduate school (2017). I started that piece with a verse by Sol Fantin: The problem of time is not that is short, but swift. Time has…
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On Not Suffering (Much) in Graduate School: Part 1
Oprime aquí para leer la versión en español Sol Fantin, Argentinian poet, writes that the problem of time is not that it’s short, but swift. My friends know that I mention that verse all the time. Last August 28, 2018, was my anniversary as a PhD student at the University of Vermont. My intention for doing…
Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz, PhD 