NSF makes its graduate fellowships more accessible
The US National Science Foundation has changed a rule for their Graduate Fellowships. As of next year, grad students can
The case for open book exams
In the sciences, most exams are a closed-book affair. Is this a good thing?
On some tests, I’ve allowed
Natural history, synthesis papers and the academic caste system
It’s been argued that in ecology, like politics, everything is local.
You can’t really understand ecological relationships in
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Kapow! Ecology. A weekly comic strip featuring ecological research, by Luke O’Loughlin.
“To reduce sexual harassment in scientific training,
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Image attribution in presentations
Do you provide attribution for images in your lectures and presentations? If you don’t, here are some reasons why
There are many pathways to becoming a great teacher
I’ve seen a lot of great teachers in the classroom. And they all teach differently from one another.
So,
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In 1951, The Explorers Club in Manhattan had a big fancy dinner, with a main course of mammoth, which was
What is creativity and how creative are scientists?
As often happens to me, I have a post idea banging around in my head (or sometimes started on the
Do you write your recommendation letters?
This is a question for both the people requesting letters of recommendation, and those who are signing the letters of
