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Google vs. The Age of the Universe
Early galaxies observed with JWST The Suddenly-Aging Universe As of mid-July 2023 and through the time of this writing, a Google search...
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Zarah
Feb 27, 20232 min read
My Non-Traditional Path, Part II
When I returned to school for a second time, I was still working full time and taking classes in the evening at the University of...
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Feb 19, 20234 min read
My Non-Traditional Path, Part I
I am a person who has embraced her non-traditional name, and so have I become a non-traditional student. Let me tell you a tale of how I...
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Aug 23, 20225 min read
Hubris and Hustle during Unprecedented Times: Thoughts on Work-Life Balance and the JWST
We all had a lot of hubris at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (I did, anyway). When the lockdowns started in February of 2020,...
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May 24, 20204 min read
In the coal mine that is 2020
I could tell when they cancelled the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference that COVID-19 would be making a different kind of impact on...
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Apr 15, 20204 min read
Hot off the press, Part II
In Hot off the press, Part I, I talk about some of the requests for interviews I received in the week leading up to my first first-author...
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Apr 15, 20204 min read
Hot off the press, Part I
My first first-author paper was published last Monday, April 6th – I’m so excited! It was published in Nature Astronomy, a daughter...
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Feb 29, 20205 min read
When excellence and silliness meet, an ode to Dave Brain
To begin, I am fortunate to have had many excellent role models and mentors. My circle is brimming with amazing people who have produced...
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Feb 3, 20204 min read
Simple tips for clear academic writing
Last week I wrote and submitted two thesis proposals and made the final edits to my first peer-reviewed first-author manuscript. In doing...
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Jan 21, 20203 min read
The vulnerability of plain and/or average writing
I’m working on writing my thesis proposal and I'm having some difficulty. I will tell you, my first mistake in this project was to assume...
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