{"495501":{"#nid":"495501","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Graduate Student\u0027s Guide to Personal Finance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFinancial concerns are one of the largest causes of stress for university students, graduate students in particular. \u0026nbsp;The Office of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Government Association have partnered to bring \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/talks.gradstudentfinances.org\/about-emily\/\u0022\u003EEmily Roberts, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E to campus to present her talk: \u0022The Graduate Student\u2019s Guide to Personal Finance.\u0022 After earning her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke in 2014, she has become an expert and speaker on the topic of personal finance. She has also founded two well-respected finance websites: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.phdstipends.com\/\u0022\u003EPhD Stipends\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gradstudentfinances.org\/\u0022\u003EGrad Student Finances\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresentation description: This comprehensive presentation teaches stipend-receiving graduate students the basics of personal finance and how they can set and reach financial goals during grad school. This talk is appropriate for graduate students of all years as well as undergraduates who are interested in funding graduate school through an assistantship. 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