Fun Fact Friday

There's quite of bit of German(-American) culture to be enjoyed 

around the state of Wisconsin, but have you ever wondered

why different languages all seem to have such different names for

Germany? Arika Okrent explains how this came to be. 

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New KNowledge WedNesday!

See how many of these clarifying facts you can 

remember from this video about common

misconceptions about memory. 

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Sometimes in Science (and Medicine and Life) the Instructions Are Actually Super Important

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Today's Fun Facts Friday Teaches You About The History Behind Yet Another Everyday Object

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When I Return to Medical School After Finishing My PhD and My Intern/Resident/Supervisor is a Former Med School Classmate

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Reasons to Attend Today's MSTP Seminar

1) The Med4's will be sharing some of their 902 projects with us.

2) Snack on some DELICIOUS PIZZA from Madison's very own Glass Nickel.

3) Come catch up with your MSTP BESTIES. You know you miss seeing everyone after a long week of benchwork/studying/meetings/etc. 

4) It's the LAST SEMINAR OF THE SEMESTER! Which means you probably want to stop by and congratulate our Med4's not just on their 902 projects but for matching so excellently last month (if you haven't already).

Hooray!

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It's Monday, Yet Again.

We hope everyone out there is doing okay. Don't forget to take care of yourselves this week (and every week). Med school and Grad school are stressful, but the end of the academic year is right around the corner!


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Science Science Sunday!

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When I Get All of My Med3 Grid and Location Assignments from the Medical School

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Think You Know All About Exercise? See How Many of These Misconceptions Are News to You

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Presenting My Poster at MSTP Symposium

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Remembering that I Still Need to Create and Print My Poster for Tomorrow's MSTP Symposium

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A History Lesson on the Amazingly Unfortunate Medical Treatments Carried Out During Washington's Final Days

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How to Ace Your Next Interview

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DISCLAIMER: We here at the Blog of the UW MSTP are not responsible for any interview-related or other consequences of following any advice posted on this blog. We do not represent UW MSTP admissions. We can neither confirm nor deny if events similar to those depicted in the above internet comic have occurred.

Science Science Sunday!

Its Science Science Sunday here at the Blog of the UW MSTP, and today we encourage you to take a seven-minute study break and check out this awesome video in which a group of astronomy enthusiasts constructs a true scale model of our solar system.

When I Attend "Open" Discussions About ~Issues~ on Campus

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True Story, Bro.

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New Knowledge WedNesdays

Light is both a particle and a wave, or something like that. 

We can observe doppler shift from moving light sources as

changes in wavelength, but what happens when gravity 

shows up to complicate things?

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Trying to Prepare for My Block Exam/Prelim/Thesis Defense/Shelf/Boards

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This Chart in Comic Form Brought to You by PhD Comics but Also Sourced from a Published Study

 

Content submitted by Chelsea H.  

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When Considering Whether or Not I Think My Committee Member Will Read My Dissertation

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In Case You Were Low on Science-Related Gif Jokes

Everybody likes a good gif reaction post. We generally try match original commentary to the gifs we post here on the Blog of the UW MSTP, but if the whatshouldwecalluwmstp tag isn't providing you with enough academic and science-y reaction gif goodness for you on this blog, do check out some Confessions of a Bad Chemist, starting with this one submitted by Chelsea H.

Really the Chances that April Fools Will Fall on a Friday are Only About 1/7*

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*There are seven days in the week. The chances of this event on a given day over the course of infinite days is exactly 1/7.