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Sprouting in STEM

Sprouting in STEM
Author: Matthew Murphy, Audrey Farrell
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TV and movies can make scientists look like old dudes in dorky ties. Sprouting in STEM is hoping to fix that. Budding physicists Audrey and Matt will be hosting casual discussions about the trials and tribulations of early careers in science, in order to make science more accessible to everyone, dorky tie or no. New episodes every week!
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Sprouting in STEM is BACK for the summer! This week we sat down with Alyson Hall, a soon-to-be graduate student in marine plant ecology, to chat about outreach, citizen science, and policymaking.
This week Audrey and Matt chat about the changes coming up on the pod now that our undergrad days are behind us!
This week Audrey and Matt talk labs! Physics labs!
This week Audrey and Matt chatter about their hobbies, old and new!
This week Audrey and Matt talk about the process of writing an undergraduate thesis.
This week Audrey and Matt talk about fellowships, committing to grad school, and apartment hunting way too far in advance!
This week Audrey and Matt talk from home as the coronavirus quarantine continues. We discuss Zoom, desk setups, mischievous cats, and adjusting to life back home.
This week Audrey and Matt talk about the coronavirus and the impact it is having on today's college students. Oh, and we talked about Animal Crossing. So, there's that.
This week Audrey and Matt talk about the universal love of hiking in science, paywalls for academic papers, and a very very smokey tea.
This week Matt and Audrey talk about grad school visits! Again! Because now we've done one!
This week Audrey and Matt discuss design and marketing in science, how to draw an electron, and how our sense of humor has dissolved into chaos.
This week Audrey and Matt chit chat about tea, ovals, and planning grad school visits. Heads up: it's a lot!
This week Matt and Audrey take a ~listener request~ and talk about building your course schedule, finding your major and minor, and making time to eat a sandwich.
And we're back! It's a new semester, and Audrey and Matt are back from break with a few thoughts on graduate school acceptances and mental health. And dogs. This week we talk a bit about dogs.
This week Audrey and Jan (not Matt!) talk about science communication, New York City, ice breakers, and generally philosophize about being a researcher, with all the quirks and oddities that come along with it.
This week a very sleepy Audrey & Matt discuss the riveting topic of simulation code development and structure! I know, just what you've been waiting to hear about for the holiday season. See you in 2020!
This week Audrey & Matt talk about how scientific fields can create a language barrier between those in STEM and "normal" people. Turns out science communication is hard! Let's talk about why.
It's episode 13 and Audrey and Matt are talking about all the soft skills that you have to figure out for yourself in STEM careers. They also spend 20 minutes trying to introduce the episode, so stay tuned at the end for some embarrassingly long bloopers.
Audrey and Matt try to redeem themselves by re-recording the lost episode with planetary geologist and astronomy club president Alex.
This week Audrey got a new research notebook, and so she and Matt discuss organizing notes for research and thesis writing.