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21
Sep

Recommended reads #158

A very nice paper on efficient teaching, showing how small tweaks can result in big educational gains. “Dr. Kathryn Milligan-Myhre
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15
Sep

On unearned authorship by advisors of graduate students

Authorship is weird.  As an instrument to attribute of credit, it’s far too coarse whenever the number of authors
7 min read
03
Sep

How to get students to go to departmental seminars?

What is a good and equitable way to get more undergraduates to attend departmental seminars? There was a little discussion
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30
Aug

Recommended reads #157

We need a wizard who can appeal to the moderate orc voter If you haven’t seen this yet, a
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26
Aug

Play The Game, or Change The Rules?

I feel a dilemma — or rather, a tradeoff — when I think about investing time, money, and effort into supporting undergraduates
6 min read
15
Aug

On enjoying science, and life, each day at a time

A few years ago, I started running. I like running. It’s a good time to think, or to not
5 min read
12
Aug

EEB Mentor Match 2019

This is the announcement of EEB Mentor Match for 2019! We are pairing up students applying for graduate school and
4 min read
09
Aug

Recommended reads #156

An open letter about sexual harassment and retaliation at UC Irvine. Among the many layers of horrible events In These
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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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