Terry McGlynn

26
Jul

Are your undergrads getting enough data science?

Science moves faster than curriculum. This means we are leaving some of our students behind. Most kinds of science nowadays
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23
Jul

How much should student registration cost at conferences?

Let’s say you’re a grad student heading off to the annual 5-day conference in your field. You’re
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12
Jul

Recommended reads #155

It’s never going to be perfect, so just get it done. Stats on tenure-track hires in Ecology and Evolution,
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12
Jul

Please take a look at what’s happening in Alaska

I admit it’s hard to keep track of the many avenues of malfeasance from the federal government, and a
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01
Jul

Massive editorial failures harm authors and readers

Have you heard of the newly published misogynist paper in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine? Here’s the start
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28
Jun

Recommended reads #154

53 essential tech-bro terms explained (It’s like the Devil’s Dictionary) Computer-based and bench-based research [in course-based research projects]
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25
Jun

Being a professor is too many jobs, perhaps?

Some while ago, a colleague mentioned how his job as a professor was a “triple position.” Teaching well is a
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17
Jun

Better recruitment of postdocs and grad students

Remember when I was saying that junior scientists of color are more likely to get ignored when they send their
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13
Jun

Recommended reads #153

Two tenures How to hold a better class discussion “It’s time to recognize how men’s careers benefit from
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10
Jun

College students are adults

Even you might not think of your college students as adults, it would help if you treated them as if
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