Around our house, the weekend usually means catching up. There is catching up on sleep, downtime and relaxing, exercise and

Student evaluations are the main method used to evaluate our teaching. These evaluations are, at best, an imperfect measuring tool.

* Have you always wanted to trash (or praise) a paper publicly? Check out PubPeer, “the online journal club.” All of

Grades are a necessary evil. I record grades because it’s a required part of my job, even though the

Sometimes I hear questions like, “Why is academic freedom so important? Why should university professors should have total control over

Three years ago, the “world’s largest pre-college science fair” was passing through town. I was asked to volunteer

I just got back from a tour of North America, including a stop to visit my family in Nova Scotia

I was chatting with a friend in a monthly book group. A rare event happened this month: everybody in the

Wouldn’t you like to see the cutest darn photos of collembolans? I thought you might. Students have abandoned professional