Sweet Tea, Science

Two southern scientistas will be bringing you all that is awesome in STEM as we complete our PhDs. Ecology, statistics, sass.

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straight men really are on something else

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Does this guy think that…women don’t have knees?

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*NEW POST* National Park Roadtrip Days 19-21 Olympic National Park – Park #7! Homeland of the Quinault and the Hoh Reaching the Olympic Peninsula meant taking our first ferry ride. We hopped on the ferry as the sun was setting over Seattle and arrived at the gates of Olympic National Park in the wee hours. With the guidance of yet another trusty park ranger we enjoyed overnight trips hiking in both the Hoh Rainforest and alongside the Pacific Coast. The beauty we observed here makes this park one of our absolute favorites. Read more about out adventures on the STS blog! #linkinbio Posts on the STS site are still sporadic, but we’ve got some fun new posts planned for the coming weeks. Keep an eye on the blog! #amazingbestiesNProadtrip #PacificNorthwest #ExploreWA #optOutside #womenwhohike #womenwhocamp #temparaterainforest #beach #ocean #OlympicNP #STEMblog #STEMblogging #actuallivingscientist (at Northwest Washington, Washington, District of Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxx4rJLhS_9/?igshid=19dd0snu3gfs

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Not Your Momma's Olympic NP

Not Your Momma’s Olympic NP

It’s that time again friends. We are bringing you another installment in   the Amazing Besties National Park Road Trip series. This was one of the most epic friend adventures either of us have ever had, so if you like best friend hijinks these posts are for you.  If you’re into pretty photos of natural wonders, you have come to the right place!  10 states. 9 National Parks and 1 National Monument.…

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Me: [having a mental breakdown]

A friend: hey can you help me out real quick I’m having a mental breakdown

Me: [pausing my mental breakdown] yeah what’s up bb what’s wrong

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This is the single most accurate representation of a grad school cohort I have ever seen

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little girls who go around after it rains and pick up the worms off the sidewalk and throw them back in the dirt are the cornerstone of our society and we should all strive to have that level of compassion for each other and for the natural world

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It me.

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*NEW POST AND GIVAWAY!* Check out our #ScienceBookClub book review and enter to win our copy of #StateofWonder! Contest is open to 🇺🇸 only and closes on April 28. Link to enter is at the bottom of the post. . We’d also love to hear all of your book recommendations! Summer reading is nearly upon us. . . . #reading #recommendedreading #ScienceReading #AnnPatchett #STSfavorites #STSblog #STEMreading #STEMbooks (at Tybee Island, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXW8ZUBLCK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bd15p2vctwdl

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Science Book Club: State of Wonder

Science Book Club: State of Wonder

We are WAY overdue for our  fourth installment of the STS Science Book Club! This time, it’s a novel with not one but TWO women scientists. Perfect for reading on those sunny but COLD days. Don’t forget your warm beverage of choice. You can check out the other books we have reviewed here!

Part of living that sweet, sweet post-comps life has been the return of leisure reading. I hadn’t made any…

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*NEW POST* This weeks #STSblogpost was inspired by one of @alwaysscientist’s IG posts about PhD visit day in her department! Check out this post for a behind the scenes peek at what goes down during recruitment day for a Statistics department at an R1 university! Be sure to share your own experiences with recruitment events in the comments. . . . #phdlife #gradschool #gradschoollife #gradschoolblog #gradschoolblogger #research #statisitics #statsstud #PSUstatistics #phdrecruitment #STEMblog #STEMblogger (at Penn State Statistics Department) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFf9_hhhbJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1elz2765v2gbo

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PSU Stats Recruitment Day

PSU Stats Recruitment Day

Five years into a statistics program and I’m still shocked at my decision to go down this path. Switching fields going into my PhD was daunting and I’ve spoken before about how was convinced to turn Full Stats Studduring my visit to the programs recruitment day. Since then I’ve helped out with each batch of prospective students as they too are welcomed to Happy Valley and introduced to what…

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Hi March...wait, April! What a wild few weeks for your STS scientistas. We are both working hard with lots on our plates but we still managed three posts in the blog in March! Blog win! What items do you like to have handy when you’re hard at work? Water, tea, and headphones are must haves for me! . . . #teamTea #butfirsttea #focus #productivity #phdlife #phdchat #hydrate #matchalatte #scienceBlog #ScienceBlogger (at Webster's Bookstore & Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzbiEihFuS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rookcatxw1oi

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Sweet Links ParTEA (March 2019)

Sweet Links ParTEA (March 2019)

Change and spring are in the air! March may be heading out like a hectic little lamb, but what a wild ride it was. We know that this time of the year is a busy time for folks but we hope you also carve out some time for yourself while being productivity pros. Both Meridith and Rachel have exciting new additions to their work loads. With this in mind, Sweet Tea, Science will swap posting days…

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The autumn garden by  Jan Hruska

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I’ve been going climbing a few times a week for a month or so. There’s a bouldering wall at one of the gyms on campus and a few other stat grad students that go regularly. It’s been easy to get into, a fun way to be active, and I really enjoy the incremental goals that you can attain one hold at a time. I’m so excited because I finally completed my first AND second routes today! 🥳 what non-academic goals do you have? . . . #climbing #bouldering #womenwhoclimb #gradschool #phdlife #stayingactive #accomplishment (at State College, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkuAIqBc2-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13qi741nkheoz

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This Blog is also about Our Work (#actuallivingscientist)

Rachel recently used the analogy (METAPHOR? KY SCHOOLS TAUGHT ME THINGS I SWEAR) that life can be a feel like a circus act of spinning plates in the air. All the tasks and goals we balance in grad school are different plates, and we also want to keep ourselves and our relationships healthy and spinning. This blog is about our life, but as scientists our work is a large part of the equation. The…

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