Public higher education is not a reward for hard work
Here in California, there was a measure to officially restore affirmative action to the public university admissions process.
(The movement
Our expert advice remains unheeded
Once in a while, tropical biologists get bot flies. We sometimes find this out while were are in the field.
Backyard science
Spring is springing in Sweden and I’m finally out from under my grant writing load. It is pretty easy
The first days of a new tenure-track faculty job
This is the season when some lucky ones preparing for new jobs in the fall. A few people have asked
Friday recommended reads #24
* “Should I be a bio major?” “What do I get out of a biology degree?” I just printed out this
The field ecology of a gut microbe inside bullet ants
The bullet ant Paraponera clavata. Image by Alex Wild.
This is the latest paper from my lab, which I’m
Driftwood faculty and decisions about course content
Here’s an incident, or really just a conversation, that left a little scar on me.
Around the time I
Friday recommended reads #23
* Pseudoscorpions are awesome. I mean, literally, they inspire awe. Here are ten facts about pseudoscorpions including some great photos of
What kind of faculty job do you want?
Faculty jobs involve teaching, research, and mentoring. Different kinds of universities expect faculty to conduct these activities in different proportions.
Which classes should tenure-track faculty deprioritize?
Academia has an adjunct problem. Most of the verbiage on this topic (that I see, at least) focuses on the
