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    Faculty perceptions and knowledge of career development of trainees in biomed...

    The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program is an NIH-funded effort testing the impact of career development interventions (e.g. internships, workshops,...
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    Interactive youth science workshops benefit student participants and graduate...

    Science communication and outreach are essential for training the next generation of scientists and raising public awareness for science. Providing effective science,...
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    Survey of Academic Field Experiences (SAFE): Trainees Report Harassment and A...

    Little is known about the climate of the scientific fieldwork setting as it relates to gendered experiences, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. We conducted an...
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    Essential Features of Responsible Governance of Agricultural Biotechnology

    Agricultural biotechnology continues to generate considerable controversy. We argue that to address this controversy, serious changes to governance are needed. The new wave of...
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    Multi-institutional study of GRE scores as predictors of STEM PhD degree comp...

    The process of selecting students likely to complete science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs has not changed greatly over the last few decades...
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    High school science fair and research integrity

    Research misconduct has become an important matter of concern in the scientific community. The extent to which such behavior occurs early in science education has received...
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    A typology of community and stakeholder engagement based on documented exampl...

    Background Despite broad consensus on the importance of community and stakeholder engagement (CSE) for guiding the development, regulation, field testing, and deployment of...
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    A case study exploring associations between popular media attention of scient...

    The association between mention of scientific research in popular media (e.g., the mainstream media or social media platforms) and scientific impact (e.g., citations) has yet to...
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    Improving the trustworthiness, usefulness, and ethics of biomedical research ...

    The reproducibility crisis triggered worldwide initiatives to improve rigor, reproducibility, and transparency in biomedical research. There are many examples of scientists,...
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    Scientists' Prioritization of Communication Objectives for Public Engagement.

    Amid calls from scientific leaders for their colleagues to become more effective public communicators, this study examines the objectives that scientists’ report drive their...
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    Viewing the Invisible: Exploring common methodology across disciplines

    Viewing the Invisible is a multimedia collaboration that explores common methodology between arts and sciences. Portraits of science influencers were painted while dialogue...
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    You don’t have to be rich to save money: On the relationship between objectiv...

    Saving is an important financial behavior that provides an individual with psychological security and boosts his/her overall sense of well-being. For this reason, scientists and...
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    Small changes, big gains: A curriculum-wide study of teaching practices and s...

    A growing body of evidence has shown that active learning has a considerable advantage over traditional lecture for student learning in undergraduate STEM classes, but there...
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    Vibrant symbiosis: Achieving reciprocal science outreach through biological art

    Scientific outreach efforts traditionally involve formally trained scientists teaching the general public about the methods, significance, and excitement of science. We recently...
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    Family and the field: Expectations of a field-based research career affect re...

    Field-based data collection provides an extraordinary opportunity for comparative research. However, the demands of pursuing research away from home creates an expectation of...
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    Engaging policy in science writing: Patterns and strategies

    : Many scientific researchers aspire to engage policy in their writing, but translating scientific research and findings into policy discussion often requires an understanding...
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    Trust in scientists and rates of noncompliance with a fisheries rule in the B...

    AbstractNatural resource rules exist to manage resources and the people that interact with them. These rules often fail because people do not comply with them. Decisions to...