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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 -
Laboratories of democracy
Should scientists run for political office? Our columnist explores the possibilities and pitfalls -
Biomedical workforce report offers both familiar and new recommendations
Congressionally mandated council needed to make sure changes happen, group concludes -
How I learned to stop caring about prestige
This postdoc has found contentment in what he has accomplished, regardless of the prominence of his institution or the journals in which he has published -
The core traits of career success
Our columnist describes the handful of qualities that successful scientists share -
Graduate students take charge on mental health care
How a tragedy jump-started a peer-driven support network
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