Q&A: How to Give a Chalk Talk
BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program
You have a whiteboard, a marker, and an hour to convince a department to hire you. How will you handle it? Senior faculty give their advice.
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Why Aren't More LGBT+ Scientists Out: Student's Question Sparks Debate
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Neuroscience graduate student David Ottenheimer sparked a hot debate revealing teaching professors have a lot of barriers to overcome.
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Reality Check: It's Not Your Data
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Academics struggle over what is THEIR data. Letting go of ownership is essential to sanity and productivity. Here's how.
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What Do You Do When They Say "No"?
The Edge for Scholars
How do you convince someone to change their mind? I couldn’t magically make an R01 appear (if only!).
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Not that Kind of Committee: Tales of Faculty Committee Design
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: You need more than scientific expertise to get you through!
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How to Make Your Team Stand Out When Interviewing Prospective Students
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
It’s student interview season, which likely means your Fridays will be filled with 30-minute sessions with bright eyed young scholars hoping to secure a slot in your program and …
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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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Multi Year Study Reveals Significant Bias Against Women in Grant Review
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
When panel's took a 'science first' approach to ranking grants, women fared as well as men. But that's not how it's done.
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Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Appearance Matters
Cranky Reviewer
Beauty is in the eye of the reviewer and we like simple elegance.
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Year 15 as a PI. Spoiler, It's a Still a Challenge
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
A hop, skip and a jump away Pipette Protagonist is dishing on what it’s like to be a Year 1 PI. Turns out it’s tough, but Pipette makes pointed …
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