17
Dec
Should I stay or should I go now?
Or maybe an alternative title could be “The Accidental Academic”.
This November I heard back from the two main Swedish
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16
Dec
Live tweeting at academic conferences: time to move on?
Guest post by Ian Lunt.
In popular culture, peak beard has been defined as the point in time when the
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14
Dec
Collaboration keeps your research program alive
If you look at scientists in teaching-focused institutions who have robust research programs, there’s one thing they tend to
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10
Dec
Recommended reads #66
Short answers to hard questions about climate change. This is the best short summary of the state of our knowledge
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07
Dec
If you have a bad advisor in grad school
A couple weeks ago, I emphasized that most PhD advisors are really good.
In a haphazardly conducted poll, one in
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30
Nov
Why I don’t use “participation” points
Do you think giving students “participation” points is a good idea? I don’t.
I’ve been promising for over
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27
Nov
Recommended reads #65
Teaching grownups how to eat. How to acquire an actual taste for healthful food after you become an adult.
The
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24
Nov
A lot of scientists are kind, careful and caring
I just returned from a tremendous meeting of the Entomological Society of America. I experienced a lot of moving moments.
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23
Nov
Costs and benefits of attending conferences as a student
Recently I attended the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada, which this year was held jointly with the
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18
Nov
The sabbatical isn’t what it used to be
Before I was a professor, I had heard of sabbaticals. That’s when a professor spends a year away from
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