By Stephen C. Ekker, PhD High angst for a PhD student in life sciences today. From the mea culpa ‘Rescuing US biomedical research from its[...]

By Carl T. Gustafson and Andrew M. Harrison Last Tuesday, the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine’s Office for Diversity held its third Discussions in Diversity[...]

Time vanishes so quickly! While you’re busy with experiments, reading journal articles, and preparing for presentations, the home stretch reaches you before you know it.[...]

“Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.” –Dwight Eisenhower I recently got[...]

By: Robin Willenbring On a monthly basis, medical and graduate students receive an email from the Brainwaves team with the subject line containing some phrase[...]

By Matthew J. Borgo From February 23 through March 1, 2014, I had an experience which I will not soon forget. I had the great[...]

I never considered myself diverse. I know this may sound contradictory considering I’m writing for the Education in Diversity Blog, but let me explain. I[...]

During this time, most graduate students are busily wrapping up their last laboratory rotations and thinking about which one to choose. Some students have an[...]

By Fareed Khawaja NOTE (AMH): This post has been re-posted after the addition of new material. However, no removal of or changes to the original[...]

by Ian C. Clift 75% of graduate students in a recent survey have reported dealing with stress in the past year. The main source of[...]

“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it” – Neil deGrasse Tyson Last year, on a whim,[...]

 I always consider New Year's Day as a great time for self-introspection: to look back into what I have accomplished in the previous year and[...]