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Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate an uncertain future.

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Unionization Efforts Pick Up Across US Universities

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MIT Graduate Students Vote to Unionize

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Columbia University Student Strike Ends with Tentative Deal

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HHMI Kickstarts $2 Billion Initiative to Boost Diversity in STEM

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Harvard Student Strike a Warning to University

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When Your Supervisor Is Accused of Research Misconduct

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UC Santa Cruz Fires Graduate Students Taking Part in Strike

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Harvard Graduate Students on Strike

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Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin Tied to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

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Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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