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Why I stopped hiding my chronic illness from my colleagues

Careers Editorial | Jul. 22, 2021

Robert Neubecker

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Worried your Ph.D. adviser won’t support career development activities? Show them this

Careers Editorial | Jul. 15, 2021

ROBERT NEUBECKER

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I thought I wanted to be a professor. Then, I served on a hiring committee

Careers Editorial | Jul. 15, 2021

ROBERT NEUBECKER

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A toxic colleague wore me down—until a bear gave me confidence to confront him

Careers Editorial | Jul. 8, 2021

Robert Neubecker

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Why the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to overdue change in academia

Careers Editorial | Jul. 6, 2021

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‘If you can name it, you can tame it’: How exposing academic culture helps students

By Katie LanginJun. 28, 2021

Working Life

Why I stopped hiding my chronic illness from my colleagues

By Anna MoyerJul. 22, 2021
Working Life

I thought I wanted to be a professor. Then, I served on a hiring committee

By Paul AbelJul. 15, 2021
Worried your Ph.D. adviser won’t support career development activities? Show them this

By Katie LanginJul. 15, 2021
Working Life

A toxic colleague wore me down—until a bear gave me confidence to confront him

By Manya RuckhausJul. 8, 2021
Letters to Young Scientists

Why the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to overdue change in academia

By June Gruber, Jay J. Van Bavel , et al.Jul. 6, 2021

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Columns

Experimental Error

Shocking reveal: You’re allowed to quit your Ph.D.

By Adam RubenJun. 30, 2021
Your Unicorn Career

Dealing with bullies and jerks in science

By Alaina G. LevineJun. 21, 2021
Career Fables

Scientists, let’s talk about cash—and the financial realities of career choices

By Karin BodewitsApr. 14, 2021

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Worried your Ph.D. adviser won’t support career development activities? Show them this

By Katie LanginJul. 15, 2021

How to navigate authorship of scientific manuscripts

By Elisabeth PainMay. 6, 2021
Want other scientists to cite you? Drop the jargon

By Katie LanginApr. 6, 2021

Career-related Policy

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‘A lack of humanity’: Hundreds of early-career researchers forced out by Mexico’s science agency

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega , Inés Gutiérrez JaberJun. 2, 2021

Academic bullying is too often ignored. Here are some targets’ stories

By Katie LanginMay. 25, 2021
‘Hybrid’ scientific conferences aim to offer the best of in-person and virtual meetings

By Katie LanginMay. 12, 2021

Working Life

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Why I stopped hiding my chronic illness from my colleagues

By Anna MoyerJul. 22, 2021

I thought I wanted to be a professor. Then, I served on a hiring committee

By Paul AbelJul. 15, 2021
A toxic colleague wore me down—until a bear gave me confidence to confront him

By Manya RuckhausJul. 8, 2021

Editor’s Picks

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I bombed the GRE—but I’m thriving as a Ph.D. student

By Natalia AristizábalJun. 3, 2021

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How reclaiming my true name empowered me as an international researcher

By Mayank KejriwalJun. 10, 2021

How I learned to embrace my identity as an academic with immigrant working-class roots

By Sheila Teves Jul. 1, 2021
Dealing with bullies and jerks in science

By Alaina G. LevineJun. 21, 2021

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I’m a scientist with hearing loss. The pandemic taught me we can prioritize inclusion

By Carolyn J. AdamskiJun. 24, 2021

To choose a career, I needed to do more than ‘follow my dream’

By Ananya SenMay. 20, 2021
In case of death: Researchers should plan for how our work can continue without us

By Brandon Brown, Annie Lu NguyenJun. 17, 2021