A Natural Scientist

Very short version: Mountain U offered the spouse a TT job-of-his-dreams, here in the exact place we most want to live.  So. Much longer ...

The very intelligent and determined Biochem Belle recently posted a link to Jo Handelsman's depressing study on gender bias  among scien...

(Written, oh, a year ago, and still true.)  As you may have gathered, Dr. S really wants to leave his lab.  Any time now.  And I really wa...

Here's the thing about academia- well, life: even if you follow the ideal path, there are no guarantees. You can be on track to be CEO...

1) Apparently this year's Sausage State RSV strain was unusually virulent. I don't feel like quite such a bad mother now. 2) Dear a...

Though I sound like a complete nut, one of the hardest things about deciding to stop working is contemplating the loss of power and respect....

My dear spouse is considering leaving the world of research science (which is an entire post all its own which I have no time to write alt...

Or: The Working Woman's Mild Lament So I spent 2.5 days at work last week. Fortunately, the Pumpkin being in the capable hands of his f...

November 2 and 3 at Columbia and NYU: "What Can You Be With A Ph.D.?" A large career fair is happening in two weeks. If your un...