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Having studied a science undergraduate degree consisting mostly of many hours of individual study, which was…

The full name of PhD is doctor of philosophy, or more descriptively “permanent head damage”. Generally,…

Once a month I enjoy giving up some time to do volunteer work in the Waitakere…

As a student with my family and friends spread out all across Auckland, I am quite…

My trip to Washington DC started with me waking up in disbelief one morning noticing that…

It’s that time of year again. You’ve got your semester one results back, have had time…

For most of us, university is a long, strenuous grind in which one toils to obtain…

This is the most common phrase that you always hear but never fulfill in real life.…

While diamonds may be made under pressure- cue Kermit Procrastination memes- procrastination and the Bermuda Triangle…

Let’s face it. Our lives are infested with memes. One would say it’s a new cultural…

Sometimes life presents you with hidden opportunities. How was I to know while idly perusing the…

The Chiasma Connect Mentorship Programme Launch occurred on the evening of May the 4th, unfortunately only…

For the rest of the yet-to-graduate-and-dress-up-like-Harry-Potter students out there, you can achieve everything that the bright…

What we achieve in our life is not only the result of our hard work and…

There is a certain sadness residing in all of us that never disappears; the sorrow of…

For those of you who haven’t heard about the tale of Harambe yet, on the afternoon…

When you are reading this, just take a moment and look around you. What percentage of…

“It is not a radical concept that our government should represent working families and our young…

Four years and $30,000 later, we end up with a single parchment that states our name…

As an international student, I travel back to Taiwan from time to time whenever I am…

Having been studying for four and a half years now (almost done!), the word “experience” has…

With exams rapidly approaching and the semester no doubt heating up for everyone out there, the…

Selfie with Sir Isaac Newton’s famous apple tree, sleeping at Trinity Hall where Stephen Hawking once…

So I’ve just had a quick read through all the previously written blogs down the pages…

It’s been over ten years since New Zealand’s (NZ) national student organization was founded, a big…

Design can be a loaded word with many connotations. But if you think about how something…

I’m currently in Stockholm, Sweden completing my Master’s Thesis in BioScience Enterprise. As an exchange student…

So often, young adults like myself become fixated on achieving their ultimate life goals. So much…

Please Note: The views expressed are based on the author’s personal experience and thoughts. Advice should…

I am not a motivational speaker, a hippy or affiliated with any particular religion. I am…

Two weeks ago Chiasma hosted the much anticipated Synapse event at the University of Auckland Business…

It’s tough being an average student. I would know because I am one. Always striving for…

Why is it that a person would want to live forever? The concept is thought provoking…

What separates all the “Greats” of the world from everyone else?  The golden circle theory explains…

Borne out of isolation, Kiwis were improvising and adapting limited resources to produce innovative solutions. This ‘make…

Creativity is something that is usually thought of as an abstract concept. Some people believe that…

GapSummit 2014 brought together current biotechnology leaders with 100 future leaders from across the globe to…

Somebody once said that everything looks cooler in slow motion. So I put that to the…

We all know that Chiasma has some really good events where you can network with students…

I thought I’d make this blog post a little more interesting with something that may polarise…

The tenth annual Chiasma Launch was a rousing event – Joerg Kistler spoke of the importance…

At the end of last year I was approaching the mid way point of my degree.…

The war between vaxxers and anti-vaxxers is rife and it astonishes me, that despite all the…