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  What did you plan to do after grad school?  Did you want to be a professor running your own lab, or did you see the degree as a way to jumpstart your career in the private sector? Did your [...]

When you imagine someone facing mental health issues what do you see? It’s probably not a graduate student struggling to complete the experiment they need to publish a paper or a newly minted [...]

There is a stereotype that scientists are introverts who don’t like having conversations with strangers. This is a false stereotype, but not even extroverts like networking. Our other bloggers [...]

  A researcher stands in front of a crowd of 60, beer in hand, ready to present her work. [Super technical-sounding jargon] *Clang*   *Clang*  *Clang* [Somewhat less technical sounding [...]

On a sunny afternoon in January, I found myself sitting around, eating shawarma, exhausted from having completed Colorado’s first Early Career Scientist Day. Surrounding the excitement was a [...]

We try to present our best selves on applications and personal statements, but my road to science communication and policy was more winding than I let on.  Name: Matthew Davidson Institution: [...]