Maybe you’re just starting grad school, or this isn’t your first grad school rodeo. Whatever the case, a large part of any successful graduate student career is properly managing what time you spend where. As graduate students, we wear a lot of different hats—teacher, researcher, writer, student, person—and sometimes it’s hard to balance all of...
As graduate students, we often find ourselves immersed (and maybe even siloed) in our niche topics. However, the ability to convey our research to a broader audience is crucial—not only for public understanding but also for securing funding, influencing policy, and advancing our careers! This blog will explore various strategies and tools to help you...
Hi Highlanders! We hope you are having a relaxing winter break! This upcoming quarter, GWC will be hosting a number of online writing workshops. We hope many of you can make it! Perhaps, recently in your own writing experience you have come across some challenges. I think most of us in graduate school experience moments...
This spring break, the Graduate Writing Center (GWC) is hosting a free writing retreat for dissertating graduate students – the Spring Break Write-A-Thon! If you have defended your prospectus, advanced to candidacy, and moved into the dissertation stage, finding the time to write for an extended period can be difficult. Graduate students have so many...
How are good writers made? Are they born with their writing ability, or is it a skill developed through years of practice? Many less confident writers express this feeling that they are just bad at writing and will always struggle with it compared to their peers, who seem naturally good at it. The truth about...
The Career Center has invited the Graduate Student Resource Center to team up and start a podcast focused on your career development while in graduate school.
Making an appointment for a GradQuant consultation is a good step in moving your research forward when you feel stuck. Bring your data analysis questions and work with us to find solutions.
One valuable skill to acquire during graduate studies is effective communication of your research to audiences within and outside your field of study. There are many instances in your graduate school experience when effective communication will be important such as presentations (PowerPoint, poster, oral), grant writing, and general communications with peers/colleagues. [ Image Description: Kris...
It’s the beginning of fall quarter and GradQuant has a swell lineup of programming to jumpstart your year. When it comes to data analysis, GradQuant is a valuable resource for UCR graduate students and postdocs. If you’re not familiar with GradQuant, here is an introduction to our staff and services. GradQuant Consultants At the core...
Friends, As the next academic year approaches, many of you will begin to produce, store, and manage large amounts of data. Researchers generally have a basic idea of what they want to do with their data after collection. For example, they may want to conduct specific statistical tests, they may want to make plots, or...
Let’s play a game. Let’s say that I need to get a chapter of my dissertation done, but I’ve been unmotivated for the last few weeks. Whenever I try to sit down and write something: poof. All the words and ideas vanish like socks in the dryer. I’ve tried goal setting, but that doesn’t quite...
The Graduate Writing Center (GWC) is now open for summer for all your writing needs! We are here to help you throughout any step of your writing process, whether it be brainstorming a first draft or refining a hopeful final draft. [ Image description: A man leans around a computer monitor and waves hello.] Pictured...
Summer is finally here, and it’s a great opportunity to recharge and refocus your goals. While it’s tempting to make very ambitious plans, it can be easy for time to slip away without the structure of the regular academic year. Luckily, there are ways you can organize your summer break to meet your writing goals...
Friends, As GradQuant’s Lead Consultant, I have had the privilege of working with many people in our graduate community over the past academic year. I want to personally thank everyone who used our services in 2021-22. It is an honor to be invited into the process of your research. With the year drawing to a...
Believe it or not, summer is almost upon us! It's been yet another eventful academic year, and I think we're all looking forward to the change of pace summer will bring. Whether you're planning to hang out in Riverside or finally go on that research trip that's been delayed for over two years, GradSuccess has...
Welcome to the season of spring. The smell of flowers blooming in the air, sunny skies, and a sea of emotions. Let us not forget that that for many graduate students spring can be a stressful yet exciting time. Many of us are wrapping up coursework, finishing up a thesis, defending a dissertation, trying to...
As we enter the new quarter, you may be preparing to attend your first (or third, or twelfth) conference. Whether these conferences are in person, online, or hybrid, you may find yourself looking for some tips and tricks. Here is a breakdown of what you may want to keep in mind before, during, and after...
Friends, It was nearly 100 years ago that R.A. Fisher, a founder of contemporary statistical thought, published Statistical Methods for Research Workers (Fisher, 1925). This popular and deeply influential book explains data science in a way that is accessible to practitioners, both in the early 20th century and in the modern day. At the time...
Friends, Effective teamwork is critical in nearly all walks of life. As students, many of us have participated in group projects with varying degrees of enthusiasm. As instructors, we are often required to organize and facilitate group work among our students. As professionals, we may need to work with colleagues in labs, conferences, and other...
Spring Break is rapidly approaching! With it, comes a chance to reset after this somewhat tumultuous winter quarter and mentally prepare for spring. How will you use this down time? Naps and Netflix? A mid-week getaway? Or, how about a chance to finally buckle down and focus on writing? [ Image description: Peter, a character...
