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Read through our top picks for this month and fill your appetite for interesting news and goings-on in the scholarly publishing world. Happy reading!
Despite the fact that I told people I wanted to be a field biologist when I was 10, I lost sight of that ideal during high school. Career tests don’t usually turn up …
Support systems are not easy to set up, maintain, and especially to mend if they have fallen apart. They require care, time, and emotional energy, and these things are…
Three weeks into my leave, my boys went on mid-year school holidays for 3 weeks. I worked, but at half-pace and my quiet was gone. It was frustrating and difficult. I…
Many young researchers shy away from the idea of networking because in their minds, networking involves sleek managers in fancy suits flashing business cards at each…
Starting a new job while going through a major breakup and having to deal with occupancy changes, the loss of one house member, and the search for new ones is not ideal…
Dr. Anna Boegehold, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, she shares her story about some unique challenges in academia she has faced…
As a six-year-old, I enthusiastically and quite accurately named every Salal plant, Oregon grape, and Monkey puzzle tree that I saw. My love for nature inspired me to…
I clearly remember the mentors I have had during my career. What they had in common was that they all asked killer questions that triggered thought and action, or taught…
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  • April 29, 2019
The first 9 months of my post-academic life were filled with moving back in with my parents, trying to find a job, questioning my choices, catching up on sleep, and…