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Mecham started in 2004 by sharing a budgeting spreadsheet as a broke grad student.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Geoffrey Supran, a climate disinformation expert at the University of Miami, says that the paper was “mandatory reading” when he was a grad student at MIT.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

The Columbia University grad student was recently in a “situationship”—Gen Z’s term for a romantic entanglement that exists somewhere between friendship and a relationship—with a man who initially expressed admiration for her achievements.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

As a zit-faced grad student, I started a new research project that used lactic acid bacteria, or LAB, as a method for food safety.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2025

“When I was a grad student, I read an article that stayed with me,” she said.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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