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Family and friends are welcome to attend the final defense, and that's a good thing.

Tallying every offense, every problem, every worry--and keeping them in mind-- creates crazy, ugly people with ulcers and bad attitudes.

Peering in from the outside, the research lab I visited for about a month provided a completely different research experience than what I was used to in the United States.

In grad school, a certain amount of failure is inevitable.

Maybe the worst part about the job search is sending out an application for a job you just know you're well suited for and getting an unceremonious rejection, or even a nonanswer.

I can now add my dissertation to the list of things I've managed to finish in spite of my less-than-focused approach.

I know I will finish; I'm just having a hard time staying focused on what needs to be done.

Science and engineering offer a unique opportunity to achieve something earthshattering, but that pursuit of perfection and greatness can come at a high price.

In the end, it’s up to you to take responsibility for your life and your research.

I know the end is coming, maybe not this spring, but soon.

Psychologists share tips for figuring out what's sapping your enthusiasm—and how to get it back.

The agency has updated its grant proposal guide, but its new use of "products" in the biosketch, in place of publications, is ambiguous.

Forgoing alarmist pronouncements, a National Academies committee makes sensible suggestions about how to address the workforce needs of the Department of Defense.

NASCAR is hiring mechanical engineers and aerodynamics scientists to shave milliseconds off lap times and push racecars to their limits.

Many Spanish trainees have been forced to start their doctorates without financial help.

The House Judiciary Committee invited experts to discuss the effects of high-skill immigration on the U.S. workforce, but there was little talk about what employers actually need.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

Despite what grad school admissions committees seem to believe, outside interests are good.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

Experts discussed how mentoring differs for minorities and how it can be tweaked to ensure that scientists don't hit a "mentoring glass ceiling."