25
Dec
Recommended reads #67
What does the Paris Agreement mean? After a a few decades of knowing about the greenhouse effect as a real
4 min read
Terry McGlynn
21
Dec
A little story about how minds change
A funny little thing happened in our last departmental meeting of the semester.
We meet for 2-3 hours at a
2 min read
17
Dec
Should I stay or should I go now?
Or maybe an alternative title could be “The Accidental Academic”.
This November I heard back from the two main Swedish
3 min read
16
Dec
Live tweeting at academic conferences: time to move on?
Guest post by Ian Lunt.
In popular culture, peak beard has been defined as the point in time when the
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14
Dec
Collaboration keeps your research program alive
If you look at scientists in teaching-focused institutions who have robust research programs, there’s one thing they tend to
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10
Dec
Recommended reads #66
Short answers to hard questions about climate change. This is the best short summary of the state of our knowledge
3 min read
07
Dec
If you have a bad advisor in grad school
A couple weeks ago, I emphasized that most PhD advisors are really good.
In a haphazardly conducted poll, one in
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30
Nov
Why I don’t use “participation” points
Do you think giving students “participation” points is a good idea? I don’t.
I’ve been promising for over
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27
Nov
Recommended reads #65
Teaching grownups how to eat. How to acquire an actual taste for healthful food after you become an adult.
The
3 min read
24
Nov
A lot of scientists are kind, careful and caring
I just returned from a tremendous meeting of the Entomological Society of America. I experienced a lot of moving moments.
5 min read