Key questions when applying for grad school
Applying to graduate school is a very interesting experience. You are probably super excited and also nervous, absolutely normal. As an...
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Edauri Navarro-Pérez
Oct 19, 20216 min read
Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school
Edauri invites us on her reflection about roots and how these can be extrapolated to her experiences, privileges, oppressions...
Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry
Sep 11, 20217 min read
Time Management: A Must-Have Life Skill
Detailed techniques and suggestions to start mastering time management. By Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry.
Marlia Bosques-Martínez
Aug 16, 20217 min read
Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 2
By: Marlia Bosques Martínez (Part 1) 2. Increasing beneficial insects/microbes When thinking about gardening, we also want to mimic...
Marlia Bosques-Martínez
Aug 15, 20215 min read
Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 1
By: Marlia Bosques Martinez There are 3 essential factors that will help you have a healthy farm or garden with minimum diseases and...
Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios
Jul 29, 20215 min read
From Farm to Table: Educating the next generation
The United Nations estimated in 2019 that the world’s population would increase by 2 billion in 2050. To feed such population growth, the...
Ismael J. Pérez Cordero
Jul 3, 20215 min read
7 Commonly asked questions in Poultry Science
In Animal Science, there is a lot of enthusiasm to learn as much as possible about the animal or types of animals you like the most. In...
Julia Miller, PhD
Apr 30, 20216 min read
Transitioning from a Plant Biology Ph.D. to a Career in Technology Transfer
"Just like transitioning to any new job, there was a long list of things I needed to learn."
Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios
Apr 3, 20215 min read
Communicating Science to the Public: The Why and How
Are scientists trained to effectively communicate science to the public?
Juliana González-Tobón
Mar 16, 20215 min read
How to Talk Science with Your Aunts?
In this pandemic-crazy world, there is a very high chance that your family has been overwhelmed with scientific information.
Yingyu Liu
Mar 4, 20217 min read
Unlock the Blackbox of Finding a Postdoc
"To my surprise, almost everyone I talked with had a different experience of how they searched for a postdoc position."
noelymargonzalez
Feb 21, 20215 min read
Let's Grow a Garden! Part 1: Temperature, A Key Factor for Growing Our Food
However, have you wondered why we have to wait until the spring or summer to grow our food? Let's find out!
Yingyu Liu
Dec 22, 20203 min read
From Virology to Marketing Communications: Building a Career in Scicomm After Grad School
Science communicator Mariko Alexander shares her transition experience from graduate school to her current position as a technical editor.
Women in Ag Science Team
Dec 5, 20209 min read
Highlighting Women in the Soil Sciences
These are their stories.
Women in Ag Science Team
Dec 1, 20205 min read
Soil, The Finite Resource That Sustains Life
Soils are alive!
Juliana González-Tobón
Nov 24, 20205 min read
Do You Want to Master Your Time? 5 Tips to Start!
There are so many resources out there that claim to be the ultimate solution for our organization issues. But, where to start?
Morgan Carter
Nov 14, 20204 min read
Career Series: Transition to Postdoc Life: From Ithaca to Tucson
Every job I wanted had one little requirement in the job description that I did not meet: “postdoc experience”.
Yingyu Liu
Oct 21, 20205 min read
Career Series: Strategies to Practice When Your Job Search Collides With a Pandemic
It has been known that job search is a numbers game.
Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry
Oct 10, 20206 min read
Is Plant Therapy a Real Thing?
Gardening: an activity for the mind, body, and soul.
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