Newsletter

25
Feb

A common application for tenure-track positions

It often takes a large number of applications for highly qualified applicants to land a tenure track position. Let’s
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21
Feb

Recommended Reads #165

Remembering George Gilchrist. The continuing decline of the art of scientific illustration. On the rush to judgment. Why we need
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19
Feb

Articles with simple statistics that are good examples for teaching

I taught biostatistics for several years. You know what was one of bigger challenges of teaching that class? Finding articles
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14
Feb

What’s the hurry with the job offer?

Last week, I had a conversation with someone who was mildly cheesed off about how some universities make tenure-track job
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07
Feb

Recommended reads #164

Time management is about more than life hacks If your university’s administration ran a polar expedition “xyscan is a
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03
Feb

Who can we trust?

A few weeks ago, I was hit by an unexpected gut punch. It was an email from a trusted colleague,
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31
Jan

Unordered thoughts on the Pruitt situation

If you’re not one of those folks who pays close attention to social media and the lil’ blogosphere of
7 min read
29
Jan

Hanging newly graduated students out to dry

My head spins when I see science opportunities designed to increase the diversity of applicants to graduate STEM programs, they
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27
Jan

Is “critical thinking” a generalized skill?

Based on the things I’ve been reading lately, the answer to the titular question is “mostly no.” It’s
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24
Jan

Recommended reads #163

It’s been a whole month since the last one of these? How about I prune this down to the
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