by Gary McDowell | Mar 30, 2017 | Diversity in science, Grad school curriculum
Two recent posts by FoR Policy Activist Adriana Bankston and Executive Director Gary McDowell for the American Society for Cell Biology discuss graduate admissions and “success” in graduate school. The first post, “Can we anticipate graduate...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 29, 2017 | Events & Networking
This post was originally published on the Academics for the Future of Science (AFS) blog on February 22, 2017, and at LSN after. Re-posting with permission from AFS. Science is vital to our economy, society and the world. Without science we wouldn’t have...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 28, 2017 | Data, News
A new study has been published in PNAS, titled “Why the US science and engineering workforce is aging rapidly”. The paper looks at data using the NSF’s Survey of Doctorate Recipients, and also uses U.S. Census data to get information about...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 27, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
The Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research (EMBER) RCN-UBE Incubator Project seeks to generate innovative measures to increase retention and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In June 2017 at Harris-Stowe...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 10, 2017 | Events & Networking, Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to advance science for the benefit of all people....
