Earning an advanced math degree can help you make a real difference in our everyday lives. Because math is the basis for all other scientific endeavors—along with its applications in other fields—we see and use it everywhere.

How, you ask? Just look around you!

Meet Dr. Brian Schubert, assistant professor in the UL Lafayette School of Geosciences since January 2013. He is one of two geology master’s program graduate coordinators and heads the stable isotope geochemistry lab (Schubert Lab), where master’s in geology students study how plants respond to changes in climate and atmospheric chemistry.

Stemming from humble beginnings, the Department of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has come a long way, and is now a highly competitive and active program within the University for both undergrads and graduate students.

At the UL Lafayette Graduate School, we’re advocates for eating well — which you can do on a grad student budget! These are our tips for eating cheap while in grad school.

Dinner reservations are made, your thesis is turned in, and graduation day has finally arrived. Here are five thoughts every grad student has (and they're all perfectly normal).