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24
Sep

Working from behind vs. Working to build

For a good long while now, I’ve been working in catchup mode, like Indiana Jones running from the big
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21
Sep

Recommended reads #136

I think this ¡Hola Papi! column has the bestest science outreach ever. Perhaps it’s unwise to ask everybody in
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17
Sep

Updating pedagogy for the mobile phone era

I had some unanticipated teaching challenges last spring, when I was teaching a couple sections of an intro-level organismal biology
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10
Sep

How can we avoid toxic environments?

It seems almost inevitable. Good people end up in toxic environments. Once there, they must suffer the consequences, or execute
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07
Sep

Recommended reads #135

Strategies for mentoring undergraduate researchers To the heroes of Brazil’s National Museum I trust that my student’s grandparent
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04
Sep

Becoming a climate reality leader

Last week was not easy for me, schedule-wise. It was the first week of classes for my campus, my son’
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27
Aug

Goin’ admin

I once said in the late 1990s, “Shoot me if I ever talk about getting a cell phone.” But the
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21
Aug

Announcing EEB Mentor Match 2018

There are a lot of students who are enrolled in institutions that lack the resources to provide the mentorship that
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20
Aug
How strobe ants do the strobe run

How strobe ants do the strobe run

It’s been a while since I posted about some of the science I’ve been doing, so here’s
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17
Aug

Infrequently asked questions

This post is for your questions. Do you have a question? Ask it in the comments. As this site has
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