Typical physics Ph.D. admissions criteria limit access to underrepresented groups but fail to predict doctoral completion

Researchers are urging universities across the United States to find a new way to identify the next generation of scientists. A new study discovered that traditional admissions metrics for physics Ph.D. programs such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) do not predict completion and hurt the growth of diversity in physics, which is already the… Read more »

Minority Postdoc

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MANRRS

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AISES

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Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED)

two divers work on a small-mesh cage on an underwater reef

Consumer Absence Generates Ecological Dissimilarity (CAGED): A cross-ecosystem synthesis exploring the consequences of consumer loss on community variability Consumers are disappearing from ecosystems across the globe, the effects of which influence how the remaining community looks and functions. Recent case studies suggest that consumer loss leads to increased community variability across space. However, it remains… Read more »