Lecture: The Power of Procrastination

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 12 Apr 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location:	Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Diversity Lectures
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Jorge Cham is the creator of PHD Comics, including "Piled Higher and Deeper," a comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. He also produced the PhD Movies. Part of the Graduate & Professional Student Senate Research Conference

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Cham speaks about his experiences bringing humor into the lives of stressed out academics, examines the source of their anxieties and explores the guilt, the myth and the power of procrastination.

He is the cofounder of PHDtv, an offshoot of the comic strip used to communicate the ideas, stories and personalities of researchers, scientists and scholars worldwide in creative, compelling and truthful ways. Cham earned his Ph.D. in Robotics from Stanford University and was previously an instructor and research associate at the California Institute of Technology.

Join us for a screening of "The PhD Movie 2: Still in Grad School" Monday, April 11, 2016. Click here for event details.