Recruitment of new faculty is a core activity of academic institutions, and diversity contributes to excellence in all professions, including academia.

The FENS-SfN Summer School on Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders took place June 22-28, 2014, in Bertinoro, Italy. Dr. Beatriz Rico from the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante gives a talk on GABAergic circuitry assembly and schizophrenia.

Mary Morrison, assistant professor at Lycoming College, and Jill Becker, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, talk about how to support students from diverse backgrounds in academia

As the knowledge base in neuroscience continues to expand, educators need timely resources to engage their students. Educational Resources in Neuroscience (ERIN), a web portal developed by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is an invaluable tool to help undergraduate, graduate, and clinical education professors find state-of-the art resources.

Many students want to find a non-academic career after graduation. Preparing for these paths takes a different set of skills than academia. Andrew Bean discusses this reality, and the variety of career options that are available for neuroscientists.

The qualities of a good protégé include effective communication, trust, flexibility, patience, openness, optimism, and persistence.

From stem cells to brain-computer interfaces, novel functional neuroimaging techniques to new animal model approaches, stroke research is pushing the boundaries of neuroscience. The Neurobiology of Disease Workshop provides students and early-career scientists with in-depth overviews of diseases of the nervous system. In this webinar, faculty from the 2014 Neurobiology of Disease Workshop will further develop topics introduced in the live session and explore the role of brain age in pediatric and neonatal strokes and gender effects.

Doctors know that helping patients means being aware of ongoing research in the field and understanding how different therapies fit in to a patient's individual treatment plan.

Once you’ve finished writing and editing your NIH grant application, there’s still a vital piece left to prepare: the cover letter.

You hold attitudes and stereotypes that you didn’t know you had — and that you don’t outwardly believe to be true — but nevertheless influence how you view people and make decisions.