Newsletter

13
Feb

Knowing your animal and your question

I’ve read a lot of research proposals and manuscripts. Some manuscripts were rejected, and some proposals didn’t fare
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10
Feb

Recommended reads #97

Alan Townsend wrote an op-ed that I think you really need to read: Science might save my daughter. Don’t
4 min read
08
Feb

Should scientists write Wikipedia pages for their study species?

I’ve been working on Penstemon digitalis for a long time now. I first met the plant as a starting
4 min read
06
Feb

Building a better faculty orientation

I don’t remember my New Faculty Orientation that well. Why is that? I’ve done this a few times.
3 min read
01
Feb

Let’s talk about mental health in academia

A few days ago Canada was abuzz with messages about mental health for Bell Let’s Talk day. The social
5 min read
29
Jan

Taking action at this critical moment

I’m going to have to suspend business-as-usual. Please stick with me, while I connect some dots to explain how
6 min read
27
Jan

Recommended reads #96

I feel a bit guilty that I came upon some cool reads, in the precise moment that my country stopped
4 min read
23
Jan

In teaching, less is more

Question: When you’re teaching, how much should you cover? I propose a couple answers: Answer A: You shouldn’t
4 min read
16
Jan

Good popular books about ecology?

A friend asked the other day about recommendations for good popular books about ecology. Initially, I kind of drew a
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13
Jan

Recommended reads #95

In the United States, a woman died a few months ago of a bacterial infection. This microbe was resistant to
3 min read