Newsletter

23
Jun

Recommended reads #106

The case against using Turnitin in your own classroom. When teaching for understanding is pitted against teaching for doing well
3 min read
19
Jun

The people you work with predict whether you’re happy at work

What most affects the quality of life for academics? I’ll put this question another way: at the end of
2 min read
12
Jun

How bad is the loss of NSF dissertation improvement grants?

Last week, NSF announced they have stopped awarding DDIGs – the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the divisions of Environmental Biology
8 min read
09
Jun

Recommended reads #105

David Attenborough regrets spending so much time away from his family. (I should note that I’m writing this from
4 min read
05
Jun

Drop everything and check your page proofs, or else

The turnaround time that journal publishers demand for correcting page proofs is crazy, right? I honestly have no idea what
3 min read
30
May

Are there universities that care about both research and teaching?

I read an interesting piece from a computer science professor at Bucknell, who documented his path to discovering universities “in
4 min read
28
May

Recommended reads #104

It’s been two weeks already!? Here’s some reads for what remains of the long holiday weekend, for those
4 min read
22
May

Making scientific conferences more engaging

In scientific conferences, the talks are often the least constructive part of the meeting. That’s my experience and opinion,
4 min read
15
May

Keeping data readable in the long run

(image by frankieleon) This is reminder of the obvious, but perhaps one some of you could use: Be sure to
4 min read
12
May

Recommended reads #103

Why academics need to focus on structuring their time Superstar artist Ai Weiwei wrote a piece about how censorship works
5 min read