Duke Graduate School

"You need to know how to tailor your presentation of information based on your audience. It takes experience as well as specialized knowledge to be able to describe and advocate for particular technologies and treatments."

How can you stay productive and maintain a regular writing practice all year long? Graduate students in Psychology and Neuroscience share their experience organizing a departmental writing group with funding from The Graduate School’s Professional Development Grant.

"Pushing yourself to explore your passions, learn new skills, and expand your network is critical for your professional development."

Creating solutions to problems is hard enough on paper, but what happens when you put aside your pencil and tackle practical problems in the lab? Ricky Hollenbach, Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, shares how his experience working collaboratively on experiments as a first-year graduate student changed his perspective on research and project management.