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Over the holidays, I taught my niece how to throw a frisbee with a forehand. It took five minutes, and

Last year, I served on a couple NSF panels*, and I’d like to share some thoughts. Instead of a

And their eyes glazed over – how much is tech-related distraction harming learning? Why time management is ruining our lives This

I want to talk about the Who and the How of public engagement. We should be bringing science to the

An argument for the funding of basic research makes it into the Wall Street Journal. One way to teach critical

A lot of federal agencies want to enhance the research environment at primarily undergraduate institutions and minority-serving institutions. Not all

Earlier this year an article on aiming for 100 rejections a year in literature was being passed around. The main

When I visited the SACNAS conference some weeks ago, I spent most of my time in the exhibit hall, chatting

Caring isn’t coddling: “While I’m not without gallows humor and can enjoy an ‘it’s in the syllabus’

Teaching basic science is difficult when some folks deny the validity of science. Facts are facts, but there are powerful