Terry McGlynn

20
Aug

Review unto others as you would have them review unto you?

I am going to go ahead and assume we all want quality reviews of our journal submissions, however you define
3 min read
18
Aug

Practicing what you preach (or rather teach)

I have been fairly absent from here over the last many months. I’ve wanted to write and even started
1 min read
16
Aug

Self-centered people who become famous scientists

I have a distinct recollection from my sophomore year in college. I was sitting in a hammock in my dorm
7 min read
10
Aug

Do all of your undergrads know what grad school is?

How many undergrads in your department want to go to grad school? Do all of them know what grad school
1 min read
07
Aug
Recommended reads #57

Recommended reads #57

If this piece of writing doesn’t move you, then you must be a very very heavy object: Oliver Sacks,
6 min read
03
Aug

The folly of expecting institutionalized funding

When a child is raised, we provide them with a home, food, education, love and encouragement. Within a couple decades,
2 min read
27
Jul

I’m going to stop ignoring ResearchGate

LinkedIn, Facebook, ORCID, Twitter, Instagram, Klout, Mendeley, ResearchGate. I’m signed up for all of these things. Some are useful,
4 min read
24
Jul

Recommended reads #56

Some fundamental lessons from ten years of sciencing. You know you want to look at this church shaped like a
3 min read
20
Jul

A departmental retreat from another dimension

I once participated in a departmental retreat from the Twilight Zone. Or it might have taken place in an alternate-universe
2 min read
14
Jul
Ants With Superhero Powers and Real Ant-People

Ants With Superhero Powers and Real Ant-People

As an ant man, I’m psyched for the release of Ant-Man. There are so many ants with real superpowers,
3 min read