It's been over a week since I defended my Ph.D. and, quite suddenly, became Dr. Rebecca Dzombak. It still hasn't sunk in. I know it's not...

OR: How One Year Of Working At Home In The Last Year Of Grad School Helped Me Find My Path As A Science Writer, Become More Extroverted,...

I don't normally make resolutions for the new year; I'm nearing 30 and I haven't learned much, but I have learned that writing "Finally...

These demands may have been imperfect, and the strike may have been messy, but that’s the shape of change. The fight is only just beginning.

Back in April (a lifetime ago), before the rollercoaster of cases and the wave of Black Lives Matter protests, I wrote a short piece on...

Attack the ICE rule where the right is sensitive: economics.

A hybrid class model is irresponsible and unsafe for myriad reasons, ranging from ableism to socioeconomic considerations to public health.

Baking is one way I can create something physical, something obviously useful: I can eat it, powering my brain to...watch cartoons.

Staying home is doing something productive - probably the most productive thing you can do for society.

We should be staying in as much as we can. We should be helping our neighbors. We should be remotely checking in with friends and family.

I spent Memorial Day weekend in Flat Rock, North Carolina (just south of Asheville) with ten of the women in my extended family. We were...

Last week, our geology department club hosted a trivia night as a fun way to end the semester. Of course, we extended an invitation to...

During my first year – actually, before I even technically started grad school but was working in the lab – my advisor told me how...

It's seven p.m. and you're just getting home from a nine-hour day filled with labwork, undergrads, writing, and meetings in between. The...

The third year of your Ph.D. is weird. You’ve passed your qualifying exams, probably have a focus for your thesis, and the second half of...

No one advertises grad school as a confidence-booster – in fact, it’s usually the opposite. We hear so much about how grad school wears...

I spent my break doing everything but work. We went on a cruise (my first ever) in the Caribbean, where I mostly avoided the partiers and...

This semester is nearly almost over. Not quite almost over, but… nearly. I’m into my third year – halfway through my PhD if all goes well...

For the first two years of grad school - and possibly while I was working in the lab as an undergraduate - my advisor warned of the...

Whenever I'm waiting to hear back about (read: waiting to get rejected by) grants and fellowships, I think about Amy Poehler's book Yes...