Adriana Bankston

Four essential elements that improve graduate training

April 17, 2020
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Graduate school can be a stressful time for many reasons. Some of these reasons may include pressures to have experiments…

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Resources to address challenges for international students and postdocs

January 12, 2018
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All scientific career paths are paved with many obstacles to being successful, and individuals can experience different or additional barriers…

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Letting the right ones in: obstacles in graduate admissions  

March 29, 2017
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Our previous article discussed admission metrics such as the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), undergraduate GPA (grade point average), previous research…

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Can we anticipate graduate student success if we can't assess it?

March 20, 2017
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How we choose the next generation of scientists is at the root of a sustainable scientific enterprise. The true value…

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Effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act Update (or Lack Thereof) on the Postdoctoral Population

February 7, 2017

On December 1, 2016, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was meant to be updated by the U.S. Department of…

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Effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act Implementation (or Lack Thereof) on the Postdoctoral Population

December 2, 2016

FLSA implementation ruling On December 1, 2016, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was meant to be updated by the…

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Why do we still need an Association for Women in Science? An Interview with Isabel C. Escobar

July 27, 2016
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The need for strong female leaders in STEM According to a 2011 U.S. Department of Commerce report, only one in…

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Women in STEM: Still So Few and Far Between

July 22, 2016
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The environment of women in STEM According to a 2014 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, women make up 47…

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Reassessing postdoctoral needs—an NPA Advocacy Committee Survey

February 19, 2016
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NIH and NSF define a postdoc as “an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged…

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