Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
Adam Ruben
Thursday, 02 Apr 2015 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
A reception and poster session will precede the lecture, 5-7pm, in the South Ballroom.Adam Ruben, comedian and molecular biologist, is the author of the book Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School, which discusses the "sadistic and often hypocritical world of post-baccalaureate education through grad students' own bloodshot eyes." Ruben has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University and teaches an undergraduate stand-up comedy class there. He writes the humor column "Experimental Error" in the journal Science, is a blogger for the Journal of Visualized Experiments, has appeared on the Food Network's Food Detectives, the Science Channel's Head Rush, NPR's All Things Considered, and co-hosts Outrageous Acts of Science on the Science Channel. Part of the Graduate & Professional Student Senate Research Conference
This event is free and open to the public. Registration for other symposium activities is encouraged and free of charge.
Online registration form
More information about the 2015 Graduate and Professional Research Conference is available online at www.gpss.iastate.edu
Cosponsored By:
- Association for Computing Machinery
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Design
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Graduate & Professional Student Senate
- Graduate College
- Office of the Senior Vice President & Provost
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.