How to Be Heard by Legislators
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
The NIH budget is not final. Contact your representatives about programs you value & the need for increased investigator-initiated funding.
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What Makes You Unique?
Evelyne Deplazes, PhD
Focusing on what makes you unique to find a counterbalance to the hyper-competitive nature of academia.
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Putting It All Together: Kevin C. Ess
Rebecca Helton, MA
On a recent Monday, Kevin Ess found himself in the operating room helping guide a brain resection procedure for one of his patients with epilepsy. Earlier that day, he collected …
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Gifts to Inspire Future Scientists
Helen Bird
Spark a career path or inspire creativity with these Edge-tastic STEM gifts for future scientists.
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Acting on the Essential
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
Essentialism is a guide to being re-energized by sharpening our focus on what is essential, compelling and generative.
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Leading a Lab: Compass Program for Leadership and Management Training
Jamie Meegan, PhD
Free leadership and management training and mentoring program for early-career researchers
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Titles as a Sign You're Doing It Wrong? A(nother) Weird Conversation via Fighty Squirrel
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
This Fighty Squirrel recently had occasion to talk to a small group of spunky professionals who knew nothing of science and academics. These folks had the task of stepping into …
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What Google and Academia Still Don't Understand About Safety
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Academics Take Note: Google had to realize the clear parallel of their data to Maslov's Hierarchy of Need. In throwing themselves a self congratulatory parade, they failed to compare their …
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Staying Mentally Well in Academia is a Balancing Act
Evelyne Deplazes, PhD
In this post I reflect on what helps me to stay mentally well while forging a career in academia. Part of a series on mental health.
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Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Tenure-Track Peers
The Edge for Scholars
An assistant professor in the social sciences once described a group of tenure-track colleagues in his department as “the lamenting society.” Once a week they met for lunch to complain …
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