by Julie Pollock | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Another graduating senior, Madeline Newkirk, a chemistry major who is headed off to graduate school to get her Ph.D. next year. This is probably one of the hardest posts for me to write. Last year when my first set of students graduated, it was hard: they were...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Lab Thoughts, Students
Some how we have arrived at April 9th. That means another academic year is almost over (and junior research leave is too! AH) and another set of students are graduating. I feel a special connection with the class of 2018 because I arrived on campus at the same time...
by Julie Pollock | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Conferences
As a part of the Jeffress grant that is supporting Kristen’s salary for her post-baccalaureate research for the year, we had funding for her to attend a scientific research. I was excited for her to come with Maddie and me to ENDO in Chicago because of the...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 30, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, Students
As always when I attend conferences with students, I encourage them to go to as many talks as possible, to meet people, to participate fully in the event, and afterward to reflect on their experience. Maddie was at ENDO as a recipient of the summer research fellowship...
by Julie Pollock | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, Research
In 2014, when I was finishing up my postdoc at UIUC and getting ready to start my independent career at UR, I joined the Endocrine Society. My postdoc advisor had been a member for a long time and it seemed like a great community of folks with whom to interact....
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...
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