Terry McGlynn

24
Sep
On the urgent need for climate action

On the urgent need for climate action

You’ve probably seen clips. But please watch the whole speech, it’s less than five minutes. Thanks. Here are
3 min read
23
Sep
Do R1s or PUIs have higher research expectations?

Do R1s or PUIs have higher research expectations?

Well, of course, major research institutions (R1s) expect more research to come out of their labs than primarily undergraduate institutions
3 min read
21
Sep

Recommended reads #158

A very nice paper on efficient teaching, showing how small tweaks can result in big educational gains. “Dr. Kathryn Milligan-Myhre
4 min read
15
Sep

On unearned authorship by advisors of graduate students

Authorship is weird.  As an instrument to attribute of credit, it’s far too coarse whenever the number of authors
7 min read
03
Sep

How to get students to go to departmental seminars?

What is a good and equitable way to get more undergraduates to attend departmental seminars? There was a little discussion
1 min read
30
Aug

Recommended reads #157

We need a wizard who can appeal to the moderate orc voter If you haven’t seen this yet, a
3 min read
26
Aug

Play The Game, or Change The Rules?

I feel a dilemma — or rather, a tradeoff — when I think about investing time, money, and effort into supporting undergraduates
6 min read
15
Aug

On enjoying science, and life, each day at a time

A few years ago, I started running. I like running. It’s a good time to think, or to not
5 min read
12
Aug

EEB Mentor Match 2019

This is the announcement of EEB Mentor Match for 2019! We are pairing up students applying for graduate school and
4 min read
09
Aug

Recommended reads #156

An open letter about sexual harassment and retaliation at UC Irvine. Among the many layers of horrible events In These
4 min read