Some posts you might have missed over the summer
Summer is over, not that we’d know it from the weather in Southern California. Anyway, the full complement of
16 things to consider as you assemble your syllabus
1. Do you tell students how long it will take for you to respond to emails?
2. Do you have
Recommended reads #58
So many great things came my way this week, I’ve had to unload them a week early. Enjoy!
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Review unto others as you would have them review unto you?
I am going to go ahead and assume we all want quality reviews of our journal submissions, however you define
Practicing what you preach (or rather teach)
I have been fairly absent from here over the last many months. I’ve wanted to write and even started
Self-centered people who become famous scientists
I have a distinct recollection from my sophomore year in college. I was sitting in a hammock in my dorm
Do all of your undergrads know what grad school is?
How many undergrads in your department want to go to grad school?
Do all of them know what grad school
Recommended reads #57
If this piece of writing doesn’t move you, then you must be a very very heavy object: Oliver Sacks,
The folly of expecting institutionalized funding
When a child is raised, we provide them with a home, food, education, love and encouragement. Within a couple decades,
I’m going to stop ignoring ResearchGate
LinkedIn, Facebook, ORCID, Twitter, Instagram, Klout, Mendeley, ResearchGate.
I’m signed up for all of these things. Some are useful,
