Recommended reads #34
image by Tom Murphy VII
* Here is an especially gorgeous and fascination-inducing natural history site called Corner of the Cabinet.
It’s nice to have administrators you can trust
Last week, our campus had its back-to-school events. Our administrators talked about their big plans.
There was one Thing that
History will not repeat itself (i.e. lessons learned as a first-year faculty member)
By Sarah Bisbing
I survived my first year as a faculty member. In fact, I think I even did pretty
Scientific conferences, the too-slow movement of ideas, and giving an engaging talk
I went to a bunch of scientific conferences this summer. Four of ’em. I have a smorgasbord of reflections on
Why I teach on the first day of class
The semester is about to start. When your class meets for the first time, do you just go over syllabus,
Recommended Reads #33
* Editorial boards of ecological journals are far less likely to have people who principally work with insects, compared to other
Dealing with devices
Distractions in the classroom are a problem.
Digital devices are often a huge distraction.
Therefore, to manage distractions in the
A vacationing scientist.
“I wish those flowers were closer and then we could pick them and you could do the work.” –my daughter
Conferences need students: make them affordable
People go to conferences for a variety of reasons. Conferences are used to align future research priorities, and students and
Replacing the “academic pipeline” with the "subway"
There should be many origins and paths towards a career in STEM, so let's use a better metaphor.
