Most career paths in academia will at some point require teaching responsibilities. Expectations vary in terms of teaching responsibilities between…
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The need for strong female leaders in STEM According to a 2011 U.S. Department of Commerce report, only one in…
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The environment of women in STEM According to a 2014 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, women make up 47…
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Five years ago, I was in Lille, France, on a two-month sabbatical from my UK PhD program. The sabbatical was…
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We recognize race and gender in a split second, thanks to a specialized region of the human visual system.1 Neuroscientists…
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Collaborations between scientists have become integral to speeding up research progress and making more discoveries in shorter time periods. Bringing…
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NIH and NSF define a postdoc as “an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged…
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In 2016 the Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) will be seeking information. For the first time COMPASS, together with…
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There were 12 high school students in all, half with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), at a three-day intensive science…
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Increasing Diversity in a Changing Research Landscape: A Special Subgroup at the ASCB Annual Meeting
The last year has seen an increase in the number of meetings, summits, and papers calling for changes in the…
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