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@lysander07@sigmoid.social
2025-12-17 19:49:01

Today at VU Amsterdam for the PhD defense of Shuai Wang. I really liked the traditional and formal procedure in the Netherlands how they conduct a PhD defense and the subsequent investiture of the new PhD.
#PhD #academiclife

PhD defense of Shuai Wang at VU Amsterdam. They really have a rather "traditional" procedure :wink: The picture was taken after the investiture of the newly promoted PhD in front of the bust of the founder of VU. FYI: the head of the committee is the professor with the chain around his neck. Only full professors are allowed to wear gown and hat. The candidate chose to wear traditional formal Mongolian clothing (traditional local clothing from your home country - besides wearing a black formal a…
@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org
2026-02-03 12:55:29

It's done, I successfully defended my #PhD! 🤩
My amazing colleagues @… made this gorgeous hat for me 😍

A selfbuilt graduation cap labeled "Mofettenhaube"  with several Linux Tux 3D printed penguins
another angle, one of the penguins lies dead on the floor (from the CO2-emitting mofettes), on a hill there's a blue barrel where red baking soda volcano foam came out
another angle, visible is now also a cheap trolley with stuff in it
@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2026-01-07 11:36:04

Short-term fellowships available for international PhD candidates at the University of Potsdam around "Limits of Variability in Language"! If you're a linguist interested in this opportunity, please contact me or one of the other PIs for more information! #linguistics #fellowship #funding #phd
linguistlist.org/issues/36/385

@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2025-11-25 11:47:27

#PhDCongratulations! 🥳🥳 🥳 Johannes Hölken of the @… has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Towards solar many-line inversions” at the @…

Group picture after the successful defense
Close-up of the doctoral hat
Group picture after the successful defense
Johannes Hölken with his doctoral hat
@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org
2026-01-11 21:28:53

I'm currently working through a ridiculous pile of paperwork that has accumulated over the last turbulent months (handing in #PhD, birth of K2, etc.)
#Paperless, a good scanner (Epson ES-580W), and these¹ little ASN-QR-code stickers make digitization of anything paper a bliss!
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@DamonHD@mastodon.social
2026-01-20 11:18:43

#today I prepared the agenda for my #PhD #supervision meeting tomorrow, and will be in an #SSES webinar this …