* If you're applying to UNC's graduate program, apply early! Otherwise you will not be eligible for UNC fellowships such as the Royster Society of Fellows
* Advice on writing your graduate school application's personal statement, via #SaturdaySchool
* Advice on surviving grad school with your sanity intact
* Great tools for personal and professional development here: the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, including some specifically for graduate students.
* Advice on choosing a dissertation topic. Hat tip to "Get a Life, PhD" blog
* Looking to improve your writing skills? A colleague told me that his graduate-school advisor had him read The Economist every week cover-to-cover and write short article summaries. The colleague said that these exercises helped him to see how good formulaic writing (which is what scientific writing is) works.
* I love this book (Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird) about writing.
* Tips on writing a conference abstract.
* Great collection of articles on presenting your science in venues from the class room to the job talk
* Advice from journal editors on writing a good peer review
* Planning to go on the academic job market for a 2017 start date? Here's an overview of the process and things to start working on this summer.
* Do you need your own website when on the job market? Tips on what to include
* This article has good, general tips for anyone seeking positions, from full-time jobs to entry into a graduate program.
* Some provocative thoughts on e-mail etiquette.
* How to have a clutter-free inbox