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27
Feb

Do model systems work at teaching-focused universities?

Many research strategies, developed inside large research institutions, don’t work well in small teaching-centered institutions. One of these strategies,
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24
Feb

Recommended reads #98

Five practical ways you can help a first generation student succeed. If you’ve ever thought positively about anything I’
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20
Feb

I’m not expecting unreasonable time commitments from other academics

Is it possible that you’re spending too much time on research? If you wish, that’s a question that
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13
Feb

Knowing your animal and your question

I’ve read a lot of research proposals and manuscripts. Some manuscripts were rejected, and some proposals didn’t fare
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10
Feb

Recommended reads #97

Alan Townsend wrote an op-ed that I think you really need to read: Science might save my daughter. Don’t
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08
Feb

Should scientists write Wikipedia pages for their study species?

I’ve been working on Penstemon digitalis for a long time now. I first met the plant as a starting
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06
Feb

Building a better faculty orientation

I don’t remember my New Faculty Orientation that well. Why is that? I’ve done this a few times.
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01
Feb

Let’s talk about mental health in academia

A few days ago Canada was abuzz with messages about mental health for Bell Let’s Talk day. The social
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29
Jan

Taking action at this critical moment

I’m going to have to suspend business-as-usual. Please stick with me, while I connect some dots to explain how
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27
Jan

Recommended reads #96

I feel a bit guilty that I came upon some cool reads, in the precise moment that my country stopped
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