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Underrepresented minorities increase their share of faculty posts at 2-year colleges, while Asians rise at 4-year institutions and in industry.

"If you are asked this question, you must be prepared to answer on the basis of some very specific intelligence that you’ve gathered about the company’s range of salaries."

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

Noah Wilson-Rich started a company to support his work in bee immunity.

Postdoctoral research is the probably the most complex, stimulating, and harrowing phase of a scientist's career. Many...

A patent attorney and former immunologist examines his career transition and offers advice to scientists interested in a career in patent law.

We present a selection of our best articles on making the transition from the scientific bench to the legal one.

Got something to say about starting or moving through a career in science? Here's your chance to let friends and colleagues know what's on your mind.

After the blush of first love is gone, Rachel Ruhlen digs deep to find passion for her work.

Research suggests potential gains for university STEM departments but likely losses for STEM workers.

Early-career issues for postdocs and other researchers who deserve better.

A new book diagnoses America's so-called skills gap and tells how it can easily be fixed.

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

While opportunities in computer science are likely to be strong in the coming years, there's another area with lots of science-related jobs: health care.

E. O. Wilson says that only in a few fields do scientists need serious mathematical chops.

Postdoc Huajun Zhao, 42, is in custody on "a single count of economic espionage," reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
 

When starting a new job, it's important to give some thought to your working style and how it's likely to fit with your new boss.

If there isn't good personal chemistry between you and the company, a job offer can be an offer of entrapment.

 

Is there really such a thing as a perfect postdoc? That exquisite transitional period during which you move from peon...

I want to be able to proudly say to someone that I am a "fill in the blank" and not cringe afterward.