Blog: Pub­lic Outre­ach

(Source: matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in- pictures/ ) - For some young scholars, this perspective on the nature of a Ph.D. may diminish the significance of our contributions to the scientific community. However, there are those of us, like myself, who find solace in this viewpoint. Embracing the idea that our Ph.D. research represents a small yet meaningful step toward pushing the boundaries of knowledge further can be oddly comforting. After all, the smaller the contribution we make, the smaller the chance of us inadvertently messing it up, right? (Ah, and here we encounter another classic trait of Ph.D. students: the infamous imposter syndrome!) In the realm of Ph.D.