When the Help You Get Isn't Helpful
Rebecca Helton, MA
Have you ever received unsolicited, off-target advice? Some people just instinctually offer solutions when they see someone in need. But what if their understanding of what’s wrong is, quite …
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Hate Small Talk? These 5 Questions Will Help You Work Any Room
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Do you love going to events, but find yourself stranded during happy hour, tongue-tied and tucked in a corner? Initiating and maintaining conversations while networking is a necessary skill, and …
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Get Your Genetics Questions Answered
Rebecca Helton, MA
Dr. Nancy Cox, Director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, is participating in Reddit’s Human Genetics AMA week with an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A session. Check it out …
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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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Bad News About Your Right to Privacy, Faculty
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
So, you finally got your big kid job and now you’re all settled into with snazzy new computer, you’ve got voice mail that pops up and records your …
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Open Season: NIH Loan Repayment Program
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NIH wants to pay your medical or grad school debt. 1,500 awards are active each year, and each awardee receives up to $70,000 in debt repayment. Awards are available in several broad …
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Being Really You and Really Professional on Social Media
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Is there a difference between what you’d post for your colleagues versus what you’d post for your group of close friends? Is censoring yourself on social media difficult …
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Meditation: It's Not What You Think
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When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind? A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged …
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Why Your Favorite Journals Need to Put a Dog in the Ethics Fight*
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
There is nothing an journal editor loves more than seeing a late night email from my best friend, Paul Brookes, in their mailbox. Paul is a genius. Well, technically he’…
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Unmanaged Time
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Ever feel like most time management advice is, well, crap? So do Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, authors of a recent article in the Chronicle with the provocative title “…
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