Johns Hopkins

PhD ABD

Johns Hopkins University

I am not sure what was more difficult: studying the material, writing the research proposal, assembling an exam committee, or completing the paperwork. But after (what seemed to me to be) a long oral exam, I was told with a hearty handshake that I had passed my university GBO (Graduate Board …

NYT Interview

So today during class, the New York Times article writer came and sat in. He took notes on his laptop, so during the project presentations there was a constant background click-clacking as he typed as fast as he could.

After class he asked me a couple of questions and wanted me to clarify some …

New York Times photo …

OK, so today a photographer came and took a lot of pictures for the evoting article. It seems that some students, because of their employers’ policies, can’t be photographed, or some just don’t want to be photographed, so the photographer did an after-class session.

So we all …