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Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization

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Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization

Now a research scientist at The Nature Conservancy’s Nachusa Grasslands, Elizabeth Bach used her passion for the prairie to chart her career path.Credit: Dee Hudson As a graduate student, Shradda Dhungel studied how air pollutants move through the Himalayan valleys in Nepal — her home country. That practical experience led her in an unexpected direction: … Read more

I quit my job and launched an advocacy non-profit

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I quit my job and launched an advocacy non-profit

Morteza Mahmoudi is the co-founder of the Academic Parity Movement, an organization that aims to end bullying in academia.Credit: Haniyeh Aghaverdi Whistle-blower stories This column is the second of two in which academic whistle-blowers describe how they moved on professionally after raising concerns about their workplaces. In the first article, gender-equality researcher Susanne Täuber writes … Read more