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It's Nicer Looking Than Any Grad Student Lounge We've Seen

Jul 08, 2008

PZ Myers points graduate students and postdocs to a new social networking place where they can discuss their goals and plights. The Graduate Junction was started by two University of Durham researchers, Daniel Colegate and Esther Dingley, who were "frustrated by a feeling of isolation in [their] research projects." A sample profile on their site looks like this.

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