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Name that Degree

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If we’ve said it once…well, we’ve said it a lot. More often than not the path from your degree to your career is not always a straight line. The philosophy here is that you should follow your passion and let your career unfold from there. Some majors do have a direct line from Point A to Point B (Accounting is a case in point). But even then, when you finish your course of study and get your degree, where you go from there and how you apply your knowledge is up to you.

Skype It

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Okay, so instead of that first class ticket to Dallas, it’s becoming more and more likely you will be stationed in front of your computer, at least for those early vetting interviews. Better than a telephone interview, the Skype interview does after all include your actual face and facial expressions can be read, but it’s still a bit of a contrived situation. What are some of the do’s and don’ts with this technology?

It's all in the DNA

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Operating a half-million dollar robot was just a bit nerve-wracking for Mesa, Arizona, native Shane Durkin during his incredible internship with the Human Origins Genotyping Laboratory (HOGL) here in Tucson. Majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Shane will graduate in May of 2010 and plans to apply for medical school. Though he has always had a definite passion for the medical field, Shane came to UA intending to major in Physiology and wasn’t sure exactly how he wanted to pursue his future in medicine. “I didn’t know if I wanted to become a doctor, a physician’s assistant, or something else. I did know that I wanted to work in the medical field.”