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Community is part of the graduate toolkit

Math graduate students build a peer network around difficult questions.

Reported by University of Waterloo newsroom

How Building Community Gives Grad Students an “EDGE”
MathHow Building Community Gives Grad Students an “EDGE”Photo: University of Waterloo / original source page

The EDGE for Women program is a one-month intensive that provides mentorship and training to women and gender-minority students at the beginning of their PhDs.

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