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A desire to prove to disadvantaged students that they, too, could be successful carried Knatokie Ford through her graduate program at Harvard.

An open letter calls for funding agencies and hiring institutions to evaluate scientists by their research and not what journals they publish in.

myIDP is a free, Web-based career-planning tool that was created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals.

Institutional fellowships offer recent Ph.D.s the chance to leap right into running their own labs.

This cognitive scientist/opera singer learned to love science and music separately before figuring out how to bring them together.

One of the oldest paths into science writing careers has ended.

A recent analysis in neuroscience urges caution both in reading the literature and in designing your own experiments.

Why do industry leaders and policymakers continue to argue that there is a domestic shortage of STEM talent despite numerous reports to the contrary?
 

Our columnist offers tips and strategies to help you, dear reader, walk out of any exhibit hall loaded down with free corporate goods.
 

Janet Davison Rowley, 88, was just awarded the Albany prize for work she did at home while her children were at school.

Ron Hira testifies that the proposed bill falls short of addressing problems with H1-B and other high-skill visa programs.

To get hired, you have to get noticed.

Scientists taking part in an open peer-review process can get more recognition and an opportunity to weigh in.

SEIU's Adjunct Action project is striking into one of the nation's most college-dense regions.
 

An NIH recruiting program for intramural scientists flips the job application script, seeking out talented scientists first and then figuring out where and how to employ them.

There are risks and difficulties in interactive peer review.

With her border collie's help, a young scientist studies an endangered turtle and works to improve education in a Guatemalan village.

A more interactive peer-review process can help authors build recognition, increase their impact, and win priority for their scientific work.

Science Careers looks at the pros and cons for young scientists to take part in interactive peer review processes both as authors and reviewers.
 

Postdoc Huajun Zhao, 42, is in custody on "a single count of economic espionage," reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.