11
Jan
Who you know really matters
People say that it can be important to go to conferences once in a while because “networking” is important.
I
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Newsletter
04
Jan
Undergraduate research is many things
Conversations about “undergraduate research” often involve dispelling misconceptions.
Undergraduate research is not one thing.
What is undergraduate research? It is
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30
Dec
Top 10 Small Pond Science posts of 2015
Small Pond Science had a good year. Most readers have joined within the last year, so let’s recap with
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25
Dec
Recommended reads #67
What does the Paris Agreement mean? After a a few decades of knowing about the greenhouse effect as a real
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21
Dec
A little story about how minds change
A funny little thing happened in our last departmental meeting of the semester.
We meet for 2-3 hours at a
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17
Dec
Should I stay or should I go now?
Or maybe an alternative title could be “The Accidental Academic”.
This November I heard back from the two main Swedish
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16
Dec
Live tweeting at academic conferences: time to move on?
Guest post by Ian Lunt.
In popular culture, peak beard has been defined as the point in time when the
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14
Dec
Collaboration keeps your research program alive
If you look at scientists in teaching-focused institutions who have robust research programs, there’s one thing they tend to
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10
Dec
Recommended reads #66
Short answers to hard questions about climate change. This is the best short summary of the state of our knowledge
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07
Dec
If you have a bad advisor in grad school
A couple weeks ago, I emphasized that most PhD advisors are really good.
In a haphazardly conducted poll, one in
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