Newsletter

12
Sep

Recommended reads #35

* Papers that triumphed over their rejections. How world-changing papers by Fermi, Krebs, Higgs, Margulis, Brockman, Mullis and more were rejected
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10
Sep

Active learning is flexible and designed to reach the reticent

I’ve gotten positive feedback about a post in which I explain how it’s not that much work for
6 min read
09
Sep

Where do you eat lunch? And does it matter?

Lunch culture seems to vary a lot from place to place. I will admit to sometimes eating lunch at my
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08
Sep

This device can improve your quality of life

It’s easier to get work done if we use time efficiently and work to stay healthy. If I had
4 min read
04
Sep

Efficient teaching: Doing active learning an easy way

Here are a few difficult facts about education in college classrooms: 1. Lectures don’t work well. People just don’
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02
Sep

Academic self care

The semester has begun and everyone is returning back to campus. It means my commuter bus is full and I
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27
Aug
Recommended reads #34

Recommended reads #34

image by Tom Murphy VII * Here is an especially gorgeous and fascination-inducing natural history site called Corner of the Cabinet.
4 min read
27
Aug

It’s nice to have administrators you can trust

Last week, our campus had its back-to-school events. Our administrators talked about their big plans. There was one Thing that
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25
Aug

History will not repeat itself (i.e. lessons learned as a first-year faculty member)

By Sarah Bisbing I survived my first year as a faculty member. In fact, I think I even did pretty
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21
Aug
Scientific conferences, the too-slow movement of ideas, and giving an engaging talk

Scientific conferences, the too-slow movement of ideas, and giving an engaging talk

I went to a bunch of scientific conferences this summer. Four of ’em. I have a smorgasbord of reflections on
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