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Until academic careers do us part
For dual-career academic couples, the challenges are real—but the situation isn’t hopeless -
The cost of a career: A letter to my younger self
What this professor wishes she had known—and done differently -
Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists
“It's hard to see yourself in a career where you don't see other people who are like you” -
Hosting a dinner party for our visiting speaker was no piece of cake—but it was worth it
Restaurants were too limiting for this researcher, so he decided to try something different -
Recommendation letter writer’s block
Writing these letters can be tricky, but our columnist’s tips can help -
Want to connect with other graduate students? Check out this new online community
The Grad Student Slack group is a “peer-support dream team” -
My career seemed to hit a wall. Now I see that it was discrimination
The root is called "maternal wall bias," this professor discovered -
Interview prep is key to hitting your job search target
Putting in the work ahead of time will pay off in the long run -
The power of being persistent
How a doctoral student and her adviser worked through some unexpected challenges -
The push for graduate student unions signals a deep structural shift in academia
But many universities won’t recognize the unions, or how times have changed -
After years in the Navy, I found my sea legs again—in the lab
For this Navy veteran, the lab offered community and support -
I was worried about teaching, but it turned out to be a highlight of graduate school
Putting in the time to build teaching skills is worth the effort, this student writes -
From biochemistry to neuroscience to AI: One researcher's career transformation
Bioengineer, neuroscientist, and AI expert Jennifer Schumacher has harnessed the science and art of transformation throughout her life and career -
There's no shame in leaving academia
Why a tenured professor left her post, and the rewards she has found since -
An outer view of the interview
Preparing for a job interview? Our columnist offers some advice -
Get comfortable with discomfort and start communicating
It can be hard to work in a place where the local language isn’t your own, but the challenge is surmountable, this researcher writes -
In the job search, it pays to take the difficult path
Our columnist explains why you shouldn’t rely on the easy avenues to a job -
Want to avoid a ‘default postdoc’? Try an internship
Internships help Ph.D. students make more confident career decisions, according to a new study -
How being inventive built my career
Academia should value entrepreneurship and invention, this scientist writes -
Report puts biomedical workforce training under the microscope—again
Our columnist explores whether this report, unlike its predecessors, will actually create any change -
How to write your Ph.D. thesis
Recent graduates and current students share what worked for them -
How coming out helped prepare me to ‘come out’ as a nonacademic a decade later
When this grad student realized that she wanted to leave academia, she found that she could draw on her surprisingly similar experience of coming out -
Training fellowship recipients are more likely to get future funding
Does this mean that the fellowships are working, or that they are perpetuating biases? -
Mental health in academia is too often a forgotten footnote. That needs to change
A grad student's struggle with depression highlights the challenges that many face
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