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This work was supported in part by grants to Binghamton University from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through the Precollege and Undergraduate Science Education Program and from the SUNY Research Foundation to conduct a research training program for undergraduate STEM majors. We thank all the panelists for sharing their stories with the students. We thank Sura Alqudah and Fatima Irshaidat for alerting us to students’ concerns about work–life balance, Mandana Rezaeiahari for assistance with initial analyses, Dr. Mohammad Khasawneh for directing their work, and Elizabeth Button for input into planning of the panel discussions. We have Binghamton University’s IRB approval (#1302-09) for the work described in this article.

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