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The Art of Scholarly Mentoring
Nobel Laureate Robert Lefkowitz shares 10 golden rules gleaned from a half century of mentoring hundreds of research trainees.

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Conquering Social Isolation and Making Meaningful Contacts
January 25, 2021
Ketan Marballi shares ways to become more productive during COVID-19 and form new connections that can benefit your career.
The Unexpected Lifeline
January 22, 2021
An invitation out of the blue transformed Jeffry M. Cox's dissertation from a painful vestige of a former life into a new opportunity.
Making the Leap
January 21, 2021
Lauren Irwin describes how she successfully transferred Ph.D. programs and shares lessons for other doctoral students.
Why Flipped Classes Often Flop
January 20, 2021
Chandralekha Singh shares some lessons she learned from students taking such courses during the pandemic.
Beyond Tenure Clock Management
January 19, 2021
In the era of COVID, too few institutions have been considering changes to policies and procedures that could support a wide range of researchers, writes Todd Butler.

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