Last Saturday May 22, I was officially conferred my Doctorate by the University of Rhode Island. Even though it’s been almost a year since I defended my dissertation, I was really looking forward to the graduation ceremony (and also to being back in RI). Unfortunately no one in my family came. Well, I lie. My [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PhD’
Finally, I graduated
Posted in Adriana, Alan, tagged Adriana, Alan, PhD, Trips, Us on May 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m Baaaaaack!
Posted in Adriana, Alan, Trips, tagged Our Story, PhD, Red Sox, Us on October 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Hello world!!!! Greetings from Rochester, NY! Sorry for the extended absence, but the quarter system hit me like a ton of bricks and I’m just coming up for air. Unfortunately, to get things going in our new home and my new job, I was forced to neglect my blogging duties. But fear not, you have [...]
Nearing the end of an era
Posted in Adriana, tagged Adriana, PhD on July 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So, it’s 2am EST and I just turned in my revised manuscript for my dissertation…. what are you up to? Me? Now I gotta wait until probably Tuesday when what is now a tentative defense date will either become definite or I’ll end up with a new date. I’m hoping it will become definite; I [...]
Life on hold
Posted in Adriana, Alan, Our Story, tagged Adriana, Our Story, PhD, Us on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For the past month our life has been literally “on hold”. Why? Very simple. I’m finishing this thing called a Ph.D which has this other thing called a Dissertation. While the PhD programs demands commitment and time throughout your 4 or 5 years, nothing really compares to what it demands on the last stretch. By [...]





