12
Aug
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
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07
Aug
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
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05
Aug
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
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01
Aug
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
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31
Jul
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
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29
Jul
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
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24
Jul
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
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22
Jul
Supervising students from afar
Note: Heads up, the site is going to stay a little quiet for the next few weeks, during some vacation.
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17
Jul
Broader impacts ≠ reaching underrepresented groups
When the National Science Foundation introduced the required “Broader Impacts” criterion, it took more than a little bit of explaining
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15
Jul
Applying for a faculty position at a teaching institution: the research statement
Pretty much every faculty job application requires a Research Statement. It could be called something slightly different (research plan, statement
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