The section will play an important role in developing a diverse, inclusive, and dynamic Earth and space science talent pool.
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Ten Steps to a Successful Career Launch
How to use your first months on the job strategically to explore your new role and make the connections that will carry you onward and upward.
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Connecting Students and Mentors Through Local Research Hubs
An online database can help connect prospective student researchers with university faculty members and collaborative projects that need their help. Could this model work at your university?
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Does Your Institution Foster a Culture of Sexual Harassment?
A new report outlines how academic institutions create a culture in which sexual harassment can run rampant. Here are some questions, drawn from the report, to help gauge your institution’s culture.
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Upcoming Leadership Elections
The American Geophysical Union announces the full slate of leadership candidates. Voting will open at the end of August.
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Avoiding the Guise of an Anonymous Review
Anonymous review of scientific manuscripts was intended to encourage reviewers to speak freely, but other models may be better for accountability and inclusivity.
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Peer Review’s Psychological Potholes
How can we steer the review process onto smoother pavement and get more and better reviews with less ire? Stop treating review submission like a credit card application!
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It’s So UnFAIR!
A recent paper in JGR: Biogeosciences demonstrates that sharing data has positive benefits not just for the scientific community but also for the one doing the sharing.
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Playing Their Way into the Geosciences
Childhood recreational experiences help explain gender disparity and other differences in undergraduate students’ spatial abilities, researchers found.
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Welcoming Women into the Geosciences
Early results of a program to foster the careers of women entering the geosciences demonstrate the effectiveness of several specific factors.