By Annyoceli Santiago
I remember when I was accepted into the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at Mayo Clinic two [...]
In the midst of studying for my written qualifying exam, I began to panic. It was a mixed panic, the jitters you get before a [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Facebook can be good for something every now and then. While wasting precious time on Facebook (shh! don’t tell [...]
By Wells B. LaRiviere
Note: Sex refers to the biological assignment of reproductive anatomy, while gender refers to a spectrum of [...]
By Andrew M. Harrison
In 1902, Bertrand Russell wrote, “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold [...]
As trainees, we are faced with a frustrating reality-- the job market cannot meet the increasing supply of PhDs. We know this [...]
By Ibrahim Garba, MA, JD, LLM
In a Philosophy and Medicine course I took in graduate school, the professor spent the [...]
I would like to thank my fellow Diversity Blog editors for their helpful advice and input for this blog post. As summer begins, my [...]
By Rielyn R. Campbell
I think Jackson Katz said it best in his Ted talk from November 2012, “A lot [...]
On June 15, 2012, the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides deportation relief for a [...]
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Spring 2014 edition of the Berkeley Science Review. It has been re-posted to the [...]
By Stephen C. Ekker, PhD
High angst for a PhD student in life sciences today. From the mea culpa ‘Rescuing [...]