Terry McGlynn

28
Sep

A typical semester courseload is cognitive overload

It feels weird to just write a blog post. I’d just like to say* that I realize things are
4 min read
21
Sep

Stepping up to do the work in an academic society

Today, the Ecological Society of America is dropping its ballot for a new round of seats on the Governing Board.
5 min read
18
Sep

Recommended reads #181

The author of the infamous Carreira letter just became the Editor-in-Chief of the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society.
1 min read
10
Sep

A study in contrasts

A colleague brought to my attention a story from yesterday’s All Things Considered, and I can’t stop thinking
4 min read
04
Sep

Recommended reads #180

A detailed account of how Eunice Foote conceived the role of atmospheric gases in climate warming in 1856, and how
2 min read
31
Aug

Bringing new students into the lab during the pandemic

As developed nations are on their way to returning to normal, we in the United States are in this pandemic
3 min read
21
Aug

Recommended reads #179

Here’s a big list of ways to convert typical active learning approaches to a physically distanced classroom, asynchronously online,
1 min read
15
Aug

How about alternating online and travel conferences?

Now that many of us know what an online conference is like, it appears there’s increased demand for more
2 min read
11
Aug

Are recommendation letters a bad thing?

In the past couple years, we have made progress in dropping the GRE, and now the pandemic has come through
5 min read
31
Jul

Recommended reads #178

A landmark paper about gender inequities in academic advancement and funding by Rissler et al. just came out in Bioscience.
1 min read