Academics, Get Yourself These Five Gifts for a Great New Year
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
One of the best parts of the holidays is having a chance to rewire some synapses and get a fresh take on how you’re facing your academic challenges. We’…
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Alarming Statistics Reveal Mental Health Crisis in Our STEM and Medical School Trainees
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
What percentage of medical students do you think are depressed or suicidal? 5%? 10%? Go higher. Much higher. This week JAMA published a meta analysis and literature review out of Harvard revealing …
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Why I LOVE Quartzy and You Should Too…
Amy Palubinsky
You know all of those crazy excel files of chemicals and reagents and that ever-growing binder of MSDS sheets? Well that information can all be accessible to lab members with …
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Women and URMs, Peer Review Needs You. Here's Why and How to Get On That.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
UPDATED! Awesome update on our call for URM and women reviewers: After lots of awesome feedback and 63 folks signing up, its clear that trainees and PIs turned out in droves. …
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Friday Fighty Squirrel's Academic Science News: It Ain't Your Money, Kid
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Let’s give it up for the House of Representatives passing the 21st Century Cures Act earlier this week putting some much needed funding into NIH. The bill lost some …
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Desk Guide for Scientists: Working with Media
The Edge for Scholars
Have you fumbled in front of a camera or wished you could answer a question differently after a reporter’s already filed the story? Haven’t yet, but think you …
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You're Never Going to Bounce Back, So Stop Trying: Academic Version
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I’m in midst of a fantastic read by Navy Seal Eric Greitens called Resilience. If you want your philosophy in the form of a solid gut punch from someone …
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The Key to Getting Motivated: Give Up
The Edge for Scholars
“Trying to ‘get motivated’ can often make matters worse. The real problem isn’t that you don’t feel like taking action. Rather, it’s the underlying assumption that you …
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Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Formatting
Cranky Reviewer
Ever since the holy trinity important things have come in threes—listen up. Every study section I have been in for years includes the complaint that certain grant authors: 1.) Cheat …
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Collected Links on Busyness, Boundaries, and Balance
The Edge for Scholars
Several pieces on being busy, and why it might not be for the best.
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