In 2013, the mother-son duo of Dr Vickie McBridge and Dr Maurice McBridge defied the odds when they graduated with PhDs at the same ceremony. Their journeys to the podium are a tale of awe-inspiring triumph against considerable setbacks, especially since Vickie was barely 13 when she gave birth to her son, Maurice. Born to … Read more
Nelsy Nino says she’s always found it amazing how birds communicate through sound. So much so that the Colombian biologist moved to Canada to study birds in the country’s southernmost region. “You can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears,” said the University of Windsor international PhD student in the faculty of science. … Read more
Home Education Admission Alert: IIM Kashipur Doctoral Program 2024 Admissions Begin, Last Date To Apply 31 March The gender diversity percentage for the batch is 27.8% females and 72.2% males. Kashipur provides a wide range of fruitful areas for specialization under the Ph.D. program. (Image: Facebook/@IndianInstituteOfManagementKashipur) IIM Kashipur Doctoral Program 2024: Indian Institute of Management … Read more
At 30 years old, Michelle Kunimoto already has more than 3,000 planet candidates under her belt. Inspired by science fiction and curiosity, the University of British Columbia astronomy graduate is passionate about searching for exoplanets — bodies orbiting stars outside our own solar system. She’s currently leading a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hunting for them. … Read more
As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities. The results, you could say, blew their socks off. “It was such, like, an astonishing result that we … Read more
