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A protégé pays tribute to the humanity and resilience of immunologist Alan Houghton.

Paternity leave helps fathers and mothers advance their careers; too bad it's not more common.

The Rand report concludes that, although adequate data and accurate assessments of labor market conditions are important for many different parties, early career and prospective scientists are especially vulnerable.

Like many of the folks here at Next Wave my professional journey has been radically nonlinear. I was a North Carolina...

"Something quite unique about computer science: We don't have a postdoc tradition. That's because we have historically had so many positions available in Ph.D.-granting departments and available for fresh Ph.D.s. Traditionally, when you get your Ph.D. [in computer science], you've got some place to go. There was always more demand than there was supply, and industry was soaking up half."

John Long, his collaborators, and his Vassar undergraduates study fish biomechanics and behavior.

At a session at the AAAS Annual Meeting, featured members of the ACS presidential committee on fixing graduate chemistry education, expounded on the report's recommendations.

NSF empowers graduate students with small awards to help them improve their graduate programs.

A panel of workforce experts at the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting urged NIH to be more aggressive in fixing biomedical workforce training.

In response to the sequester, the National Science Foundation plans to award approximately 1000 fewer grants.

Kit Parker and his team of military veterans at Harvard are investigating the mechanical forces involved in traumatic brain injury.

NIH branches out, presenting a videocast on interviewing for jobs beyond the ivory tower.

University of Oxford chemist Carol Robinson returned to academia after an 8-year break and went on to win the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award.

Plagiarism software uncovers nearly 100 cases of plagiarism in one year's successful NSF grant proposals.

Since 1998, the best career advice for industry-bound scientists.

This common interview question can be dangerous if you don't know how to handle it.

Our columnist explains all you need to know about resumes and CVs.

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.

The New York Times quickly changes course in an online obituary of a highly accomplished engineer, after initially emphasizing her housekeeping accomplishments.

NIH is seeking feedback from the community on how best to improve graduate and postdoctoral training.