Current graduate students

It’s always hard to write. Even as someone who loves writing, I hate sitting down to actually do it. Especially now, with the paradoxical pandemic life of being exhausted, wired, busy, bored, lonely, and completely overwhelmed with Zoom-based social activities, it’s really, really hard to write my seemingly endless dissertation.  

The title of this post is misleading. It implies that productivity and self-care are separate and opposing things. But they aren’t. We can’t be productive without taking care of ourselves. This relationship between productivity and self-care is particularly important right now, during a stressful, frightening situation where expectations on all of us nonetheless remain high. While we navigate the coronavirus pandemic together, we can try three simple things to tackle our research and writing:

Have you ever tried getting Google Translate to rap before? It’s probably one of the funniest things you can do with translate, outside of totally messing with Disney songs. When I’m not using translate as a means to laugh though, I’m using it to revise my essay by having Google read it out loud to me. Granted, that usually is also very funny, as the automated voice has a habit for tripping over lengthy sentences as well as butchering incorrect spelling of words. Use that last bit with caution though, Google Translate does have a habit for pronouncing everyday words like “get” very wrong.

When I was younger, the more pieces of punctuation I could add to a written work, the more I felt like some sort of literary genius. “Yeah, I’m ten and can use a comma, period, exclamation mark, and question mark within two sentences. I’m just that cool.”

The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process. We will identify ethical, legal, and intellectual property pitfalls associated with GenAI use, and offer guidelines and strategies for productive, ethical, and appropriate use of specific GenAI tools for specific purposes at each stage of the research and writing process.

This interactive workshop is a collaboration between the Library and the Writing and Communication Centre is designed for graduate students who are working on a literature review as part of a project proposal, thesis or dissertation, or a standalone journal article. Bring your laptop with you to get the most out of the hands-on practice session during this workshop.

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, November 1, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Wednesday, December 6, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library are back for the Fall 2023 term! Spots are walk-in only and are booked on a first come, first served basis.

When: Tuesday to Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Dana Porter Library (next to the circulation desk)

Tuesday, September 12 to Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, November 2, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, November 16, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, November 23, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library are back for the Fall 2023 term! Spots are walk-in only and are booked on a first come, first served basis.

When: Tuesday to Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Dana Porter Library (next to the circulation desk)

Tuesday, September 12 to Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 14, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, November 28, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Tuesday, December 5, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library

Drop-ins at Dana Porter Library are back for the Fall 2023 term! Spots are walk-in only and are booked on a first come, first served basis.

When: Tuesday to Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Dana Porter Library (next to the circulation desk)

Tuesday, September 12 to Thursday, December 7, 2023.