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Often when I’m speaking to young women in STEM, the subject of having kids comes up in conversation. And I take every one of these conversations as an opportunity to…
- Allison McDonald
- May 30, 2019
If you look at our nice and shiny research paper, with the blue PNAS logo on the side, slick figures, a list of references, etc., you’d rarely think about all the blood,…
In the media, an academic simply doesn’t look like me. They don’t come from the background I came from. While, this may seem like an overgeneralization, sometimes I feel…
It’s been just over 2 months since you left my life. I have been filling up the time with holidays and family and more recently work again. Although I was relieved when…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 30, 2019
It all started back in October at a big conference I attended. I felt out of place: like a fraud who didn’t belong. While I may have graduated college, received a Master…
Sometimes doing a PhD can feel like a form of madness when you are working and mothering small needy people full time. Why on earth would I take on such a huge time- and…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 30, 2019
The first time I applied to MD/PhD programs I got rejected. Completely. Not a single interview. It hurt – a lot. But I applied again the following year and ended up…
Here is our curated list of some of the most happening conversations that took place in academia to fill your appetite for the goings-on of the scholarly publishing…
- Editage Insights
- May 30, 2019
What comes to people’s minds when you say the word scientist? Chances are most people picture a middle-aged white man toiling away in a dark, mysterious laboratory. A…
- Allison McDonald
- May 29, 2019
Being pregnant and having a cold at the same time made it very obvious how little attention I used to pay to my health during graduate school. Like me, I understand that…