by Julie Pollock | May 14, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Students
This graduation season was a special one for me. I stepped on to University of Richmond’s campus four years ago approximately at the same time as this class of 2018. Just like these students, I have learned a lot, grown as a person, and been immersed in the...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 19, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Publications, Research, Students
Probably my biggest motivation for making my career at a place like University of Richmond is because I believe in undergraduate research. I think it enhances the college experience and pushes students to think beyond their course assignments. There are struggles...
by Julie Pollock | Jan 19, 2018 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts, Research
Research Leave: a semester pre-tenure where you have no teaching responsibilities, limited service commitments, and can focus on research productivity. I am officially one week into this “research leave”! After some re-configuring of the air handling in my...
by Julie Pollock | Oct 2, 2017 | Academia, Blog, Department
We are in the midst of a search for a new tenure-track faculty member in biochemistry at UR. As I’m reading through cover letters, CVs, teaching statements, and research statements, I have been transported back to sitting in my apartment in Champaign, IL (or the...
by Julie Pollock | Feb 1, 2017 | Academia, Blog, Research
Sometimes it is invigorating to talk about your research! As a professor, I talk A LOT– I lecture, I speak with students during office hours, I speak to research students about their results and plans, I sit through meetings that include discussion of...
by Julie Pollock | Dec 13, 2016 | Academia, Blog, Lab Thoughts, Teaching
Another semester done! This semester flew by in a whirlwind of new biochemistry lab experiments, attempting to be in 19 places at once advising the lab projects, preparing assignments and exams for intro organic, grading, committee meetings, and trying to stay up...
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