RECENT WRITING
When Your Work Title Is a Working Title
Does your job title really matter? Our columnist explores what’s in a name.
Use Your Time to Dig
DrewDudley.com
My “Edge of the Bed” advice–what I’d say to my theoretical son or daughter, sitting on the edge of the bed the night before they leave home for good.
Grad Students Behaving Badly
Our esteemed columnist warns against some of the common offenses that grad students have been known to commit.
Thesis Adviser Horror Stories
In which our esteemed columnist catalogs the miseries our bosses have been known to inflict upon their underlings.
Dr., No: Science Career Roadblocks
Our columnist lists and describes the most common roadblocks faced by those pursuing science careers.
How Not to Apply to Grad School
“I remember hurriedly filling out a paper copy of one school’s application, even though most of the process had moved online, just so I could complete it during a long bus ride and mail it at a rest stop. Somehow this did not get me into Harvard.”
What Do Deans Even Do?
In deciding what career to pursue, have you considered the administrative track? Me neither.
How to Piss off a Scientist
Scientists aren’t angrier than the general population, but different triggers make us mad.


