Update 12/21/17: Protests from graduate schools and their students had their intended effect, as the final version of this tax bill does…
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Early Career Research Community #GradStudentTax: What it is and how it could impact you — Updated 12/21/17
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Early Career Research Community Can’t sleep? Here’s some science based advice
A few weeks ago, thousands of researchers gathered in Denver, Colorado for the SLEEP 2016 meeting. Skimming over the abstracts, one can find diverse research…
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Early Career Research Community The ECR’s guide to managing anxiety and perfectionism in academia
The clock is ticking. Sitting in the basement of our library, I find myself glancing up and down my working outline for…
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The Student Blog On epigenetics: We are not just our DNA
I first learned about epigenetics in a “fish bowl” meeting room at the University of Pennsylvania in the summer of 2013, when…
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The Student Blog The science behind science communication
Untypical night at a typical restaurant Equipped with wooden floor, black-steel ceiling and furniture with different shades of brown, the Kirkwood Station…
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The Student Blog Making sense of the fifth sense: What we know about smell
By Cici Zhang “I avoid applying sunscreen unless it’s absolutely necessary. The smell of it always brings me back to my semester…