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Career Development: Americas

Featured News & Articles from the Americas

Mastering Your Ph.D.: Defending Your Thesis With Flair
Patricia Gosling

The key to doing well in your thesis defense is extensive preparation.

E-Persona Non Grata: Strategizing Your Online Persona
Peter Fiske

It's time to put away childish things and retool your online presence as a lean, mean, job-seeking machine.

Mind Matters: Get Moving
Irene S. Levine

Physical activity is a great way to reduce stress and, perhaps, to boost your professional productivity.

GrantsNet: International Funding Index
GrantsNet Staff

The International Grants and Fellowships Index offers the latest listing of funding opportunities from Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Do You Wanna Be a VAP?
Laura Stark Malisheski

A visiting assistant professor position can be a step forward--but only if you intend to pursue a career focused on teaching.

Tooling Up: Review Your Career
David G. Jensen

Think you have a nice, stable career in front of you? Then it's time to shake things up with a career review.

Designing for the Next Quake
Angela Saini

The recent earthquake in China highlights the importance of engineers who specifically study how to avoid seismic destruction.

Science Careers Seeks Bloggers
Jim Austin

We're looking for a few good women--and men--with something interesting to say about their careers in science and the skill to say it well.

Courting Controversy: Out of the Mainstream
John Bohannon

Science's Gonzo Scientist profiles William Sims Bainbridge, a sociologist and NSF program officer who doesn't shy away from controversial topics.

Courting Controversy: Animal Rights (and Wrongs)
Sarah Webb

For scientists, working with laboratory animals can be a source of public antagonism and private ambivalence.

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