GSBS: Making the Most of your Time at Home

If you have suggestions to add to this list, let us know! Email your ideas to tess.grynoch@umassmed.edu. Let's make this a community effort!

Don't forget to take time to relax and take care of yourself as well. Take a lesson from Mittens:

Remember, taking care of yourself can mean having someone to talk to - the Student Counseling center is available.

Take some time to listen to these podcasts about graduate school - maybe while you're updating your filing system or citation manager?

• Personal Finance for PhDs        
• Rock your Research
• Hello PhD
• Double Helix
• Voices of UmassMed
• The Professor is In
• Clear and Vivid with Alan Alda - not about graduate school, but Mr. Alda is a master of science communication and connecting with other humans.

                                                                                                                                                                (Image by David Terranova (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68788482@N07/13920378324/) )

View some amazing webcams and tours right from your own home!     

• The Coral City Camera, a webcam of an urban reef in Miami, FL
• The Tembe Elephant Park, a webcam of the park in South Africa
• Decorah Eagle Cam, a webcam of a bald eagle nest in Decorah, IA
• Explore Webcams - choose your own animal!
• Monterey Bay Aquarium - the Moon Jelly Cam is particularly soothing.
• San Diego Zoo - I'm currently watching a polar bear eat a carrot.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Image by Salim Virji (https://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/19426212)

Visit some of the world's most amazing museums and parks, right from your couch. 

• Google Arts & Cultures' exhaustive list of Virtual Museum Collections
• The Hidden World of the US National Parks - Google strikes again!
• We Are Teachers list of 25 Amazing Virtual Field Trips - Not just for kids!
• Explore The Land of Make Believe - because we could all use a place like that now
• Get lost in the bizarre world of Meow Wolf
• Look around the Smithsonian's collections virtually

                                                                                                                                                             Image by Glenn Ashton / CC BY-SA