The PhD Movie 2: Still in Grad School | Piled Higher and Deeper
Film Screening & Conversation with Jorge Cham
Monday, 11 Apr 2016 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
The PhD Move 2: Still in Grad School is the sequel to the film adaptation of the popular comic strip "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham. Like the comics and the first movie, the film takes a smart and humorous look at the world of Academia through the eyes of four grad students, and features real academics - including a Nobel Prize winner! - in many of the roles. The PHD Movie 2 was filmed on location at the California Institute of Technology and was produced as part of a continued collaboration between PHD Comics and the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech. Part of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research ConferenceA Q&A discussion with Jorge Cham will immediately follow the 80-minute film.
Watch the trailer!
Synopsis
The Nameless Grad Student and his group must travel to an important academic conference and square off against a rival group as they compete for results and grant money. Meanwhile, Cecilia's advisor is going on sabbatical, which means she has to finish writing her thesis or be stuck in grad school another year. It's a comedy.
Jorge Cham is the creator of PHD Comics, including Piled Higher and Deeper, a comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. Cham earned his Ph.D. in Robotics from Stanford University and was previously an instructor and research associate at the California Institute of Technology.
Cosponsored By:
- Graduate & Professional Student Senate
- ISU Post-doc Association
- Student Government
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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