One of the great things about being at the University of Minnesota is that it has given me a chance to get involved with teaching and advising PhD students. Minnesota has been known for its students for years and I'm very lucky to have been involved with a great group of them during the short time I've been here.
It begins with me/us challenging them, and ends with them teaching us some things that we never knew... they go from bright and eager first year PhD students, to struggling with research for the first time to co-authors. It's truly a wonderful transformation to be a part of.
One of the best things about the program is the collection of PhD student workshops that we run. In these, a group of advanced students meet regularly (e.g., weekly in our case) with a couple of faculty members to try out their research ideas.
It can be a bloody scene, but it is always a learning one as well.
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At SED, Montreal, July 2010
Stefania Marcassa, Michele Tertilt, Alice Schoonbroodt,
Pricila Maziero and Laurence
Ales
at the SED meetings in Istanbul, July 2009.
Michele Tertilt, Alice Schoonbroodt,
Larry E. Jones, Oksana Leukhina,
Michael Bar
at SITE - August 2005
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