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Perhaps you are contemplating becoming a parent in the future. If so, you may be wondering how becoming a parent will affect your career, how[...]

By Clara Castillejobecerra • January 29, 2015

Hello diversity blog readers and welcome to 2015! Thanks for sticking with us; we hope you’re as excited about the future of the blog as[...]

By Carl Gustafson • January 4, 2015

By Andrew M. Harrison No, I will not be writing about the illustrious EdD-JD. However, please note these are both largely regarded as “professional” doctoral[...]

By Andrew M. Harrison • December 18, 2014

By Annyoceli Santiago I remember when I was accepted into the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at Mayo Clinic two years ago. I was extremely[...]

By Annyoceli Santiago • December 8, 2014

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[...]

By Crystal Mendoza • November 20, 2014

Contrary to popular belief, Facebook can be good for something every now and then. While wasting precious time on Facebook (shh! don’t tell my PI!),[...]

By Carl Gustafson • October 9, 2014

By Wells B. LaRiviere Note: Sex refers to the biological assignment of reproductive anatomy, while gender refers to a spectrum of social and cultural roles[...]

By Andrew M. Harrison • October 1, 2014

By Andrew M. Harrison In 1902, Bertrand Russell wrote, “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold and austere, like that[...]

By Andrew M. Harrison • September 12, 2014

As trainees, we are faced with a frustrating reality-- the job market cannot meet the increasing supply of PhDs. We know this and most of[...]

By Clara Castillejobecerra • September 4, 2014

By Ibrahim Garba, MA, JD, LLM In a Philosophy and Medicine course I took in graduate school, the professor spent the semester comparing two models[...]

By Andrew M. Harrison • August 24, 2014