Academic life is not a nine-to-five job. The positive aspect is that there is flexibility in work hours. The negative aspect is that the boundaries between work and other parts of life are blurry.

If you follow politics and public policy, you are likely to be bombarded with messages about a vast range of different issues. How do you prioritize among them? Setting priorities is essential for a ...

Two people. Equally talented. Equally hardworking. One rises; one plateaus. What’s the difference? It’s not talent. Not intelligence. Not even effort. The key difference is priority-setting. The ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address to a joint session of the legislature on Feb. 4, 2025. His budget and policy offices are using a data-driven initiative called REMAP to ...

Editor 's note : The following is an excerpt from Harold Varmus's upcoming memoir, The Art and Politics of Science, (Norton Books, Feb. 2009). In his book, Varmus recounts his days at the forefront of ...

The number one research priority chosen by children with experience of cancer – making hospitals a better experience – has recently received no dedicated UK funding, according to a new report from ...

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The initial set of priority areas was chosen to guide the nation in taking the first steps toward a systematic redesign of the health care system. As discussed in Chapter 2, the committee focused on ...