Bad Meetings and How to Make Them Better
Aimee Edgeworth
Bad meetings can happen to good people. As someone who has hosted meetings about planning meetings, here are a few things to consider.
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Accommodating Employees with (Invisible) Disabilities
Rebecca Helton, MA
Evening the playing field for staff with a visible or invisible disability.
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End of Summer Academic Sanity Saver: Post Undergrad Lab Jobs Now!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Get a head start on fall by knowing what you want from undergrads and what they can expect from research experience. My 8-point listicle of making it a great experience.
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Watch the Front Lines
David Calkins, PhD
Delegation is important; but make sure to remain engaged.
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10 Takeaways for Managing Undergraduate Research Assistants
Helen Bird
With guidance, undergrads can be reliable, competent and self-motivated young scientists who are an integral part of your research team.
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Nine New Year's Resolutions for Academics
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Think, write, teach, discover and read. These are the things we love and why we joined this great profession, but so many things are in your way and killing your joy. Our resident Fighty Squirrel offers a couple resolutions and protips to let you do the thing you love. Your job. Enjoy and Happy New […]
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A Missed Opportunity: NASEM Summit on Preventing Sexual Harassment
Teresa Swanson, PhD
I attended the 2019 NASEM Summit on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
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I'm Not Your Mom and Other News About Females in STEM
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
You really need to stop using 'like my mom' as a compliment to your female mentors.
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Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell's It Worked For Me
The Edge for Scholars
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers leadership advice through storytelling in this collection of anecdotes and true tales. Each short chapter derives a lesson from an incident encountered in his military and political service, and occasionally from private life. Often chatty and rarely preachy, the text is as enjoyable as it is informative. An […]
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A Beginner's Guide for Addressing Sexual Harassment in Academia
Needhi Bhalla, PhD
Suggestions for how scientists, specifically male scientists, can undermine the alienating culture of sexual harassment that exists in STEM.
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