Mentoring is a vital part of the learning process as well as crucial to career development in various professions.

Here’s a common negotiation situation: you have a job offer from Organization #1, who is waiting to hear your response, but you’re still waiting to hear back from Organization #2. Here are the four questions that students and postdocs ask:

Academics sometimes joke that their training resembles the Ponzi pyramid scheme.  This joke may ring too close to truth for many postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.

Undergraduate science education has been undergoing a significant pedagogical shift in the last few decades.

Going home over the holidays can feel stressful when you aren’t certain about your career path or job prospects.  There are two reasons your career plans or progress can cause holiday stress, and they are both skill-based.

“I promised that I would get up every day and serve as the best advocate I could be for UC… The fundamental responsibility of the President of the University of California is to make the connection between the institution and the people it serves—