On pseudonymity and making a difference in the world (updated)
New York City
My favorite pseudonymous person out there, without a doubt, is Banksy.
If you aren’t familiar with
On the ethics of juggling job offers
The academic job market is tilted towards the side of the supplier. As any postdoc can tell you, there is
Are trees the lawns of the future?
The lawn started as a demonstration of excess, as I understand it. A lawn indicates that the landowner has enough
Do you want an office connected to your lab?
Wouldn’t it be great to have your office connected to your research lab?
or
Wouldn’t it be great
Model systems don’t work at teaching universities
Many research strategies, developed inside large research institutions, don’t work well in small teaching-centered institutions.
One of these strategies,
On the speciousness of “work-life balance”
Too often, people are apt to advise one another on how to live their lives. I’m not intentionally adding
What is the filter in NSF preproposal review?
A while ago, I had a conversation with a colleague that really bugged me.
This scientist submitted a biology proposal
It’s okay to not fund all faculty researchers equally
One of the things that I love about liberal arts colleges and other small universities is the opportunity to spend
Changing families are behind the decline of field station culture
The title of this post is more of a working hypothesis than an assertion. I put together a few observations
Supervising students from afar
Note: Heads up, the site is going to stay a little quiet for the next few weeks, during some vacation.
