Attending grad school is expensive and can mean heading into the working world with student debt that follows you around for years afterward. One way to minimize this problem…
When I went to see Dr. Thomas M. “Tim” Dauphinee at his Toronto home in June of 2016, I wanted to talk about his scientific achievements, his contributions to…
The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and the temperature is slowly rising. That can only mean one thing… conference season is upon us. The opportunity to…
The years you spend as a post-doctoral fellow can be some of the most important—and most overwhelming—of your career. Not only have expectations of you increased, including your expertise,…
My daughter Rebecca, a researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology, works in a university lab in a big Canadian city, but her discipline takes her colleagues to remote locations…
If you’re an academic scientist, your annual performance is assessed largely based on three criteria: research, teaching, and service. While the first two are fairly straightforward, and include things…
Doing a graduate degree can be an intense experience. You spend a lot of time with your grad school cohort: you share the ups and downs of grad student…