Research with undergraduates on an empty campus
Summer is go-time for research, particularly in undergraduate institutions. But yet, when I walk across the desolate campus in summer,
The tradeoff between productivity and risk-taking
For a lot of academic scientists, the currency of research is productivity.
Pre-tenure faculty need to build a list of
We need distributed power structures in grad school
For most grad students in the sciences, their doctoral advisor has an extraordinary level of power over their professional and
Recommended reads #151
If you haven’t read this editorial about “What ‘good’ dads get away with,” please do. It’s about the
Ways to fund student travel, ranked
You are sending students to a conference. What’s the best way to pay for it?
1. Travel Award. Let’
Are some people just innately smarter?
I don’t know about you, but I’m used to hearing academics talking about how some people are just
Recommended reads #150
One hundred fifty. I’ve done this 150 times! How ’bout that, eh?
8 ways to teach climate change in
The conversation I often have with PhD students
When I visit other universities and chat with grad students, I love fielding questions about career stuff. I realize that’
On sickness and teaching and respect
This is my ninth day of being sick. I think it was a flu. (Yes, I had this year’s
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Does homework work?
Nipsey Hussle had a vision for South L.A. It all started with a trip to Eritrea.
