Supporting Minority Postdocs
Nearly 50 years ago, the National Academies described postdocs as the “invisible university,” because their contributions to cutting-edge research often went unrecognized. Or, as Adam Ruben bluntly describes it in Science: the postdoc is “a time-honored tradition of academics, research, and stagnant purgatorial nonprogression.” Although the postdoctoral experience has improved quite a bit from years past, it’s still considered a particularly tough period in the journey from g