Subject Folders
Folder One
Survival and Success in Graduate School
- Expectations for Incoming Graduate Students [pdf]
- What to do in Grad School [pdf]
The collected wisdom of several generations of UT astronomy graduate schools (from a few years ago)
- Before Choosing a Thesis Advisor [pdf]
source: AWIS magazine, Vol. 22, No. 3 (May/June 1993)
- How to Succeed in Graduate School
The legendary guide by Marie desJardins, also see hints on presentations, etc. on her website,
http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mariedj/
Folder Two
Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Power Point Presentation by Prof. Chris Sneden [pdf]
Astrophysical Journal Letters Editor
- Slides on publishing papers from Marie desJardines [pdf]
July 2005 presentation (see her webpage, http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mariedj, the third item under "How to Succeed in Graduate School")
Folder Three
Oral Presentations
- Evaluation Form to use for talks at the BashFest Conference on Oct. 10-11, 2011 [doc]
- Hints on giving effective oral presentations [pdf]
from Marie desJardines (July 2005 slides)