How To Be an Academic Leader and Maintain Time For Yourself
Susan Dyer
Seventh grade English class and your assignment is to write a one pager about what you want to be when you grow up. Hmmm…sports writer, teacher, astronaut, video game …
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Summer for Academic Parents: Do It Like a Pro by Preparing Now
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Summer time is more than popsicles and fireworks for academic folks. It’s the time to GET THINGS DONE. While seminars, conferences and teaching are at a lull, you have …
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Meditation: It's Not What You Think
The Edge for Scholars
When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind? A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged …
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Neuroscience Pretenure Boot Camp in Seattle? Yes, Please!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
The Brain Sciences Foundation offers an outstanding chance for underrepresented folks to get training on the business of starting your career in a free bootcamp this summer. Apply now!
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I'm on a Boat
Kalen Petersen, PhD
I lie awake listening to the soothing waves lapping against my hull. This, I reflect, is the way to attend a scientific conference.
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WIN-WIN: Best Academic Life Hacks and Advice Blog Contest WINNER!
The Edge for Scholars
Congrats to David Sacks for the winning post "Think You’re an Imposter? Here’s How to Know for Sure" in our WIN-WIN travel award contest and runners up Pipette …
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Welcome to class, I'm Alana and I'm Queer.
Alana Berry
It felt really liberating, but more than liberating myself, I hoped that my students felt that no matter their identity they felt safe acknowledging them in my class. I want …
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Rock Talk: How Long Is an R01
The Edge for Scholars
The R01 research project grant is NIH’s mainstay grant mechanism and is used for much of our investigator-initiated research. When talking about about NIH funding, the subject that most …
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Hidden Curriculum: Series Introduction
Monica Aswani, DrPH
An introduction to a series of posts related to hidden curriculum topics.
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The Trouble With Girls in Lab
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
It’s been a tough few weeks for women in science. In a June column of Science entitled “Help! My Advisor Won’t Stop Looking Down My Shirt” contributor Dr …
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