Graduate School Foundations Blog

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Sure, I'll Upgrade, But the Pencil Stays
I consider myself a technology-forward 40-something, but there is some analog I still hold dear — pencils, notebooks, and academic planners. There’s just something about hand to pencil, pencil to paper,...
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Fine. Easy. Fabulous. (And One Global Crisis.) 
What do you get when you’re challenged with a 5-day digital detox for a grad school project? Fine, easy, fabulous, and unexpected overtime during an Ebola outbreak. (For context, I’m a graphic artist at...
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Turns Out, I Know the Way
Although some early GenX folks refuse to claim me, I am actually and proudly GenX. My birth year plants me there. Meaning, I am also from the analog era, where I always had an atlas in my car, just before MapQuest.  Today,...
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Real moments. Imaginary audience.
“I kept looking at things and imagining how I would describe them in a tweet, and then imagining what people would say in response.” – Johann Hari, Stolen Focus This line in Johann Hari’s book, Stolen...