Careers20 Oct 2022By Daphne S. Ling As a scientist with face blindness, I wish academia prioritized accessibility and inclusion “Let’s create an environment where we all feel like we belong,” this grad student writes
Careers19 Oct 2022By Katie Langin Pandemic led to historic drop in U.S. STEM Ph.D. graduates, new data suggest Dip is likely due to graduation delays, and longer term effects remain to be seen
Careers14 Oct 2022By Adam Ruben Amid the NYU orgo fracas, let’s remember: Rigor and respect aren’t mutually exclusive Difficulty doesn’t need to be demeaning, our Experimental Error columnist writes
Careers13 Oct 2022By Arijit Mukherjee How I overcame my isolation as an international grad student during COVID-19 Volunteering helped this Ph.D. student find community—and so much more
Careers13 Oct 2022By Claudia Lopez Lloreda Women researchers are cited less than men. Here’s why—and what can be done about it Two studies of citations in physics highlight factors contributing to this gender disparity
Careers12 Oct 2022By Katie Langin In academia, lower socioeconomic status hinders sense of belonging It can create a “double risk of being isolated” from both academic colleagues and communities of origin, study finds
Careers6 Oct 2022By Gianfranco Matrone I thought my stutter meant I couldn’t be a scientist. I was wrong How this researcher learned to communicate confidently
Careers30 Sep 2022By Adam Ruben You defended your Ph.D. thesis! Now you feel empty! Going from “student” to “actual worker person” can be tough, our Experimental Error columnist writes
Careers29 Sep 2022By Naim Rashid I avoided authorship discussions with collaborators—until I learned some hard lessons Proactive conversations help ensure fairness and protect relationships, this researcher found
Careers22 Sep 2022By Rasha Shraim An in-person conference drew me out of isolation—and re-energized my Ph.D. “I realized how much I’d been struggling during the pandemic,” this Ph.D. student writes
Careers21 Sep 2022By Viviane Callier How faculty hiring sustains inequity in academia “Elite” institutions supply most U.S. professors—and faculty trained at less elite universities are more likely to leave, new study shows
Careers15 Sep 2022By Daria Boglaienko As a Ukrainian working abroad, the war made me rethink my definition of ‘home’ “I was shaped by the culture of my city and the spirit of my country more than I ever knew,” this scientist writes
Careers14 Sep 2022By Katie Langin Gender pay gap hits university faculty Even highly productive women are paid less than comparable men, new study finds
Careers8 Sep 2022By Nico Eisenhauer I felt stagnant at my desk—so I found a way to get moving This professor spends his workdays on a treadmill
Careers1 Sep 2022By Oliver Symes I paused my Ph.D. to try something different—and returned with a fresh perspective “I encourage any Ph.D. student who is struggling to consider taking a break,” this graduate student writes
Careers31 Aug 2022By Katie Langin For Ph.D. career planning, data on recent graduates help but aren’t enough Students partially adjust expectations about landing a faculty job, but more is needed
Careers29 Aug 2022By Alaina G. Levine I got fired—and used it as fuel to grow In the final installment of Your Unicorn Career, our columnist looks to the future
Careers25 Aug 2022By M. Shehryar Khan To go from college dropout to Ph.D., I had to let go of my fear of failure How this scientist found his way back to his academic dreams
Careers18 Aug 2022By Kaitlin Rasmussen How astrophysics helped me embrace my nonbinary gender identity—in all its complexity “I am a photon—possessing qualities inherent to either side of the binary, but ultimately belonging to neither,” this postdoc writes
Careers17 Aug 2022By Katherine Irving How 3D printing could help blind researchers ‘see’ data “It’s not expensive to make something accessible, we just have to be innovative,” study author says