Terry McGlynn

13
Nov
Ant science: Ants try to eat protein beverages like solid food

Ant science: Ants try to eat protein beverages like solid food

Collectively, ants are efficient, and you might even call them smart. But individual ants are so dumb that they don’
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12
Nov

Teaching Tuesday: Interviewing–the teaching test lecture

This week I’ve been a bit distracted by instructions I’ve been given for a demonstration teaching lecture. It
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08
Nov

Friday Recommended Reads #10

This story was buried off the front page of my local paper, but did you hear about the discovery that
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06
Nov

Why I don’t take high school students into my lab

Once in a while, I am approached about taking on a high school student over the summer. I always say
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05
Nov

Teaching Tuesday: Incorporating primary literature into courses

As academics, we spend a lot of time reading primary literature (although we often feel it is not enough). It
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01
Nov

Friday Recommended Reads #9

There’s a long tradition of using anthropomorphic common names for animals that do things analogous to humans. Years ago,
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31
Oct

Efficient teaching: Rubrics for written assignments

I’ve often emphasized the importance of transparency and fairness in teaching. The evaluation of written assignments is an inherently
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30
Oct

Collected observations from travels among universities

Invited seminars and job interviews offer a unique opportunity to learn (and remember) what grad school is like and how
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29
Oct

Teaching Tuesday: Writing in Ecology

In my continuing series on teaching ecology, I am going to focus on using writing in ecology classes. The following
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28
Oct

A snapshot of the publication cycle

I was recently asked: Q: How do you decide what project you work on? A: I work on the thing
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