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The change from the dull delirium and insane drama that characterized my first year and half of graduate school has been welcome.

"Ich rufe die Wissenschaft auf, sich aktiv und kreativ am „Jahr der Geowissenschaften" zu beteiligen." -- Edelgard Bulmahn, Bundesminsterin für Bildung und Forschung

"Ideally, the supervisor should be an expert teacher, a mentor, and a facilitator to catalyze the student's professional growth, such that the student's accomplishment is limited only by the extent of his or her ability."

Daphne never struck me as the type of person who would stop doing something just because she wasn't happy.

"Our objective is an unbiased, critical assessment of whether the agricultural reform is a worthwhile effort." --Dr. Peter H. Feindt, Hamburg

"Although there is an increasingly wide range of employment options open to students completing their PhDs, the most obvious choice for many students is still postdoctoral research."

Ontario's universities are feeling the pinch after years of sustained cuts in provincial operating budgets.

In grad school, a certain amount of failure is inevitable.

Just getting started, it can be hard to keep my long-term objectives in mind.

"It will remain difficult for individuals to juggle work and study, but if you are determined and willing to beat all the odds, what you will gain in the end is well worth every sacrifice and effort."

Bursting with more ideas than business savvy, precocious innovators turn to mentors and each other for guidance.

What you don't always think about when starting graduate school is that sometimes the choice to go to graduate school--especially when you haven't already met that special someone--can delay or impede your social progress, even as it advances your career.