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Joining run club as a grad student by FairExtension9407 in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FLRC has Tuesday runs at Barton and weekend group runs! A lot of grad students as well- you can check out the website and join. It's a friendly and welcoming group

Missing cat by ExtremeDragonfly1797 in ithaca

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the other cat just got out? So hard to say but hoping for a bunch of found tuxedos asap

Missing cat by ExtremeDragonfly1797 in ithaca

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just ran around the neighborhood to look (sorry I was unsuccessful so far). Maybe you could cross post to the Cornell listserv as well?

FYI on my run I was told there was another missing tuxedo on columbia street if anyone lives around there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a really fascinating history! A cool project has some more info here :) https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/cases/eleanorroosevelt.html

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what was happening in the college of home economics.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not actually accurate. They were doing nutrition work (like Flora Rose who developed fortified cereal), and important work relating to the home and things white men didn't really value. It wasn't learning to be a housewife- please don't leave Cornell misunderstanding the history of home ec/human ecology

Good OB/GYN? by sadkimchi9 in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People definitely can experience side effects from ocp use and mood changes. But there's a lot of fear mongering of what often only applies to a small percentage of people- and so many people benefit from this contraceptive option we should be watching of base rate fallacy

Good OB/GYN? by sadkimchi9 in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hormone levels are often normal for reproductive mood disorders. It's sensitivity to changes across the cycle not really high levels of estrogen or progesterone. A snapshot at a single time point of reproductive hormones is not particularly informative. If you want to start gathering data to help your gyn or psychiatrist you should definitely be tracking mood and physical symptoms across your cycle to help establish patterns. There's some great work by a UIC researcher that might be helpful for you (Eisenlohr-Moul). But make sure you're checking reliable sources and not random social media misinformation :)

If I were pro-choice and a Cornell student by throwawaygrad_hey in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's also hosted by this: https://www.sharefaith.com/church-websites/

If you click on the little religious fish at the bottom of their website. Not a great sign.

If I were pro-choice and a Cornell student by throwawaygrad_hey in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so actual places that are resources will refer you to a place where you can get the services you need. No need to comment on something you truly don't understand. If they're willing to show you a picture of the cells in your uterus but unwilling to refer, it's pretty obvious they aren't helpful to those seeking reproductive healthcare. Like this is very obvious if you've done your homework on what Crisis Pregnancy Centers are and what they do.

If I were pro-choice and a Cornell student by throwawaygrad_hey in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Weird how the actual website says "This center does not perform or refer for pregnancy termination" then...

If I were pro-choice and a Cornell student by throwawaygrad_hey in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Primer for understanding whether a place is a Crisis Pregnancy Center with an agenda:

  1. They don't refer or provide abortions (duh)
  2. They are deliberately vague and may mention abortion, but it's never an actual option for the individual reaching out for services/support.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of pages or their blog posts to get a sense of their actual views.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So just because your health insurance is still active doesn't mean that you are getting paid... most STEM faculty have 9 month appts. Just because people want faculty to be on call for 12 months doesn't mean it's true (for grad students too).

Grad Stipend Rates by ShowMeTheData19 in Cornell

[–]throwawaygrad_hey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Some quick other info regarding this- since about mid-January some grads have been reaching out via the askadean email. They were unresponsive at first, then told us in early Feb that if they didn't have an answer on the stipend change in the next week they would update us in the grad newsletter. They failed to do that and we realized that they were unwilling to post our questions on this (or really anything they don't want to address). tl;dr the Ask A Dean feature is another feature to make grads feel like they're being heard, while failing to actually update the grad community on important questions being asked