2020 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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When the hired becomes the hirer: Hiring tips for new group leaders
Christina Termini, PhD
Here, I share some tips and tricks for new group leaders to consider when building their research team. My recent lessons learned.
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Why Managing Technostress is Key
Antentor Hinton, PhD
We need structural changes to deal with ever increasing technostress.
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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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Nature: The Plight of Young Scientists
Rebecca Helton, MA
A recent news feature in Nature highlighted challenges facing early career scientists, from pressure to publish to shrinking funding and the increasing length of time before reaching research independence. Early …
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On Motivation
Rebecca Helton, MA
Consider that according to a Gallup study only 29% of people in the U.S. are fully engaged in the work that we do. The personal and organizational impact of this …
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Midcareer Mentoring
Rebecca Helton, MA
Much has been written about how much time an assistant professor should spend on “service” work and what types of service might be important for career advancement, as opposed to …
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From Advisee to Peer
The Edge for Scholars
Question: A friend of mine and I were talking today about what it’s like to be newly minted Ph.D.’s, working on our first jobs. We became more …
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Sure You're Overcommitted? Here's A Hint...
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Have you surrounded your phone and laptop with notes saying ‘Say No!’? Do you look at next week’s schedule and wonder what were you thinking? Do you leave meetings …
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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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