The final examination for a Ph.D. candidate is an oral defense which includes a presentation of the student's thesis research and is followed immediately by a meeting with the student's thesis ...

Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

Ingrid J. Paredes is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at New York University. You can find her on Twitter @ingridjoylyn. In my program, we have four major milestones towards graduation: the ...

Before completion of a doctoral degree, you must have your dissertation accepted for defense by your review committee. The dissertation defense may occur before or after the final electronic ...