25
Nov
Down with bar graphs
Some folks really hate pie charts, but I think for some purposes, they can communicate precisely the information we want
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Newsletter
20
Nov
About the ads
You might have noticed ads on the site.
The very short explanation is that I’ve decided it doesn’t
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19
Nov
They’re not even trying at NIH
I just saw this, and I think everybody needs to see this. Here it is:
I'm in a
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18
Nov
Running an unfunded seminar series, and traveling to speak for one
Do you have a funded seminar series? How often can you bring in outside speakers? Do you wish you had
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14
Nov
Academic advising and academia
I’ve recently talked about the hidden labor of academic advising, and also the need to provide an education in
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12
Nov
Gender inequity at every step of publishing
I sat down to my laptop this morning and was looking forward to getting to work. But then I looked
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08
Nov
Recommended reads #160
This might as well be straight from a science fiction novel, but it’s our reality: Scientists around the world
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04
Nov
Retooling at mid-career
At mid-career, a lot of the research techniques and approaches that people in use today today didn’t exist when
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01
Nov
Academic advising by tenure-track faculty
Based on some recent conversations, I’m realizing that an underappreciated piece of professoring is academic advising. I don’t
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18
Oct
Look in your own backyard
Metaphorically, that is.
What can you do to increase the representation of minoritized people in your department and in your
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