16
Sep
Recommended reads #196
A short quiz for my students in lieu of asking about their vaccine status or requesting that they wear masks
4 min read
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13
Sep
Project management software for you and maybe your lab
It’s really easy to get caught in short-term minutia and lose focus on the big picture stuff that really
2 min read
08
Sep
Research productivity during mid-career and beyond
Apparently, I am “mid-career.” When I registered as a reviewer for the NSF GRFP, that’s the box I checked
5 min read
03
Sep
Recommended reads #195
These recommended reads are all about reviews.
A review of an essay: The problem with rigor. “The rhetoric of rigor
1 min read
01
Sep
NSF needs more non-R1 GRFP reviewers, please sign up!
I have a little something to admit. I just registered as a potential reviewer for the NSF GRFP for the
4 min read
27
Aug
Recommended reads #194
A series of photos of from US public lands from photographer Bob Wick, most of which are jawdroppingly gorgeous. And
2 min read
20
Aug
Planning lab “boot camps” for after the pandemic
My department just had a great idea: We’re planning “boot camps” to train students with the basic lab skills
2 min read
02
Aug
Recommended reads #193
The parenting penalties faced by scientist mothers
When your institution values money instead of people and science
How Caltech can
2 min read
16
Jul
Recommended reads #192
Ten simple rules for productive lab meetings
“I Signed Up to Write College Essays for Rich Kids. I Found Cheating
3 min read
12
Jul
Update on fixing a racist common name for an ant (and a moth)
A couple years ago, I shared with y’all about an old screwup of mine, and how I was planning
2 min read