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23
Sep

Graduate training, missed opportunities and the good ol’ days

A couple of recent conversations have got me thinking about the culture of academia and grad school training. The first
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22
Sep

12 tips for talking to science faculty about new teaching strategies

Attention education researchers: Here are some tips about interacting with science faculty. I’ve noticed that this genre uses a
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18
Sep

Thinking about what we can do about sexual assault and harassment in the sciences

If you haven’t seen it yet, go over and read this courageous, important and stunningly written Op-Ed piece by
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18
Sep

The two-body problem isn’t temporary

Wouldn’t it be amazing if both you and your partner landed great jobs in the same city or even
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12
Sep

Recommended reads #35

* Papers that triumphed over their rejections. How world-changing papers by Fermi, Krebs, Higgs, Margulis, Brockman, Mullis and more were rejected
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10
Sep

Active learning is flexible and designed to reach the reticent

I’ve gotten positive feedback about a post in which I explain how it’s not that much work for
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09
Sep

Where do you eat lunch? And does it matter?

Lunch culture seems to vary a lot from place to place. I will admit to sometimes eating lunch at my
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08
Sep

This device can improve your quality of life

It’s easier to get work done if we use time efficiently and work to stay healthy. If I had
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04
Sep

Efficient teaching: Doing active learning an easy way

Here are a few difficult facts about education in college classrooms: 1. Lectures don’t work well. People just don’
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02
Sep

Academic self care

The semester has begun and everyone is returning back to campus. It means my commuter bus is full and I
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