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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Think You’re an Imposter? Here’s How to Know for Sure
David Sacks, PhD
Many scholars fear that they don’t belong. There’s a surefire way to know if you’re really an imposter.
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Helping When You Have No Answers
David Sacks, PhD
Sometimes a member of your team will have a problem you can’t solve with facts or advice. You can still help them. Empathy is the key.
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Exploiting Physiology: Scientists Jumping into Keto
Britteny Watson-Ivey
The scientific underpinnings of consuming a ketogenic diet are attracting researchers into a trend to get and stay lean. Learn how and why.
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Handy Guide to Showing PostDoc Appreciation All Year Long
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
It's postdoc appreciation week! Here's your handy ROPIHRS acronym for success- Respect, Opportunities, Plans, Introductions, Health, Reality and Spine.
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Profs on Drugs: JAMA Highlights Use of Cognitive Enhancers
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Talk to most people about ‘performance enhancing drugs’ and they conjure up images of elite athletes using drugs to increase muscle mass and oxygen delivery. In academia, performance is measured …
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Summer Reading: What's Popular in the Edge Library
The Edge for Scholars
Here's what's been flying off the shelves of our "analog library" of career development books.
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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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The Olympics of Pain: Tag Me Out
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I’m leaving for vacation tomorrow. Skiing. Here’s a list partial list of of things I won’t be doing: Writing letters of recommendation. Reading a fellow’s application …
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You ARE an Impostor. Six Life Altering Steps to Fix That.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Impostor Syndrome. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s the nagging to overwhelming feeling that you are not as you seem. You’re an impersonator, imitator…you are …
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