Jorge Cham is the creator of PHD Comics and received his doctorate in mechanical engineering at Stanford University. PHD (Piled Higher and Deeper) is a comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia. See more of his work at www.phdcomics.com. Jorge Cham/PHD Comics hide caption
This is a vintage frog dissection diagram. Flikr Creative Commons hide caption
John Scarborough, a fourth-year pharmacy student at Lipscomb University, talks to high schoolers during a vocational career training class. Courtesy of Lipscomb University hide caption
American boys re-enact George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in 1776. Jack Fletcher/National Geographic hide caption
Hugo Villavicencio talks to kindergarten students at Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary School about the importance of attending school. Benjamin Brayfield/Southern California Public Radio/KPCC hide caption
For his study Professor Benjamin Schmidt culled roughly 14 million reviews from the website Rate My Professor. Blue dots represent male professors, red dots female. The farther right the dot, the more often that the word on the left was used to describe the professor. Alyson Hurt hide caption
An Oxford student practices for the upcoming wine-tasting match with the University of Cambridge. Gabrielle Emanuel/NPR hide caption
When the homebrewing gets good, the teachers turn pro. Kegs of Line 51 beer fill an Oakland warehouse. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption
Danielle Boshers, Anna Garcia and Chris Reynolds say the University of Michigan could do a better job welcoming first-generation students to campus. Jen Guerra/Michigan Radio hide caption
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