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More than 70,000 staff members from 150 universities are set to strike later this month, marking five consecutive years of academic protests in the country.

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UC Santa Cruz Fires Graduate Students Taking Part in Strike

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Survey Highlights “Shocking” Gender Bias Among PI Pay in UK

CDC Director Takes a $165,300 Pay Cut

Harvard Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Unionize

Graduate Student Unions Opt Out of Federal Recognition

Opinion: Taxable Tuition = Trouble for Graduate Students

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University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize

Big Gender Gaps in Salk Institute Faculty: Report

US Postdocs Grapple with Salary Changes

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2016 Salary Survey: By the Numbers

Male Docs in Academia Earn More: Study

The 2016 Salary Survey Is Here

Earnings for New PhDs

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Some Grad Students Regain Health Insurance

Grad Students Lose Health Insurance

The 2015 Salary Survey Is Complete

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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