by Julie Pollock | Aug 20, 2020 | Academia, Announcements, Blog, Students, Teaching
I was honored yesterday to receive one of the 2020 Distinguished Educator Awards from the University of Richmond. Teaching and interacting with students at UR is what makes this job fulfilling. Although it was a little strange to receive it over Zoom, that is the way...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 31, 2020 | Academia, Announcements, Blog, Lab Thoughts
I am happy and honored to say that I have officially been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor! It has been a whirlwind of work, stress, fun, and every emotion over the past 6 years since I started at University of Richmond. Thank you to my colleagues...
by Julie Pollock | Jan 7, 2020 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts
Happy New Year! I cannot believe that we are starting 2020. When I look back on the previous decade, I think about all of the changes in my life – personal and professional. On the latter side: I graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from Duke University in...
by Julie Pollock | Sep 6, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Department, Lab Thoughts
I have always been a believer in attending seminar talks. I think this was ingrained in me while I was undergraduate student at Hope College. Early in my time, I was encouraged by faculty members to attend the external speaker talks (sometimes bribed with extra...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 8, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Publications, Research, Students
One of the most challenging, and scary, things about going on the academic job market is coming up with your research plan. For the most part, you have spent your graduate and postdoctoral work focused on projects that were dictated in one form or another by your...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 22, 2019 | Academia, Blog, Research
Earlier this week I made a (long 5 hour drive) trip up to Haverford College in Pennsylvania. One of my friends from graduate school, Dr. Louise Charkoudian, is an assistant professor in the chemistry department. She invited me up to give a talk on my research to the...
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