What do you think office hours are for? Office hours are drop-in* hours for students to see their professors. How

“Open Science” is an aggregation of many things. As a concept, it’s a single movement. The policy changes necessary

This student adds a woman in science to Wikipedia every time she’s harassed online. This keeps her busy. Time

The US National Science Foundation has changed a rule for their Graduate Fellowships. As of next year, grad students can

In the sciences, most exams are a closed-book affair. Is this a good thing? On some tests, I’ve allowed

It’s been argued that in ecology, like politics, everything is local. You can’t really understand ecological relationships in

Kapow! Ecology. A weekly comic strip featuring ecological research, by Luke O’Loughlin. “To reduce sexual harassment in scientific training,

Has Small Pond Science helped increase broader awareness and respect for university scientists and students working outside the R1 environment?

I’ve seen a lot of great teachers in the classroom. And they all teach differently from one another. So,