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Category Archives: Politics
Are women allowed to joke?
Is it true that a good measure of how well you know a foreign language is that you get the humor? If so, I failed German a decade or so ago when the Lufthansa agent in Frankfort very dryly told … Continue reading
Posted in Life in a biology department, Managing an academic career, Politics, Social interactions
Tagged culture, feminism, humor, jokes, ostracism, scarcasm
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Don’t you hate Blackboard for managing courses?
Last September in the same email we got told both that our university had just signed a three-year contract with Blackboard and we got asked what we thought of Blackboard. Doesn’t that seem backward to you? Clearly they don’t really … Continue reading
What is really going to kill you?
I got my teeth cleaned yesterday. Yes, I do still have my wisdom teeth. Yes, they came in remarkably straight, many years ago. No I don’t have any cavities. I know I pay extra for fluoride treatments but feel it … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Public Communication
Tagged dentists, ebola, evidence-based science, influenza
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What I learned at the National Science Foundation
Here are some things I learned last week at NSF while serving on the Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences. I expect every time I go I’ll learn something new, but in some ways what a beginner learns first can be … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals, Grants, NSF, Outreach, Politics
Tagged collaboration, NSF, Research, Research Works Act, science
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How to change an organization, a department, a curriculum
Whatever field you are in, there will be organizations with structure and rules. In academics, departments have committees, undergraduates have a required curriculum, graduate students have their courses, exams, and theses. Sometimes these structures are very well known and standard … Continue reading
Posted in Department politics, Life in a biology department, Politics, Undergraduates
Tagged alliances, Arizona State University, behavioral ecology, change, conflict, cooperation, Curriculum, Education, evolutionary biology, Harvard University, organization, stucture, tradition, Undergraduate education, Wikipedia
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Who are the gatekeepers?
There are gatekeepers to every step in an academic career. It is wise to think about who they are and what they are looking for as you progress. Gatekeepers restrict your choices on which lab group to join, where to … Continue reading
Posted in Managing an academic career, Politics, Success!
Tagged Gatekeeper, National Science Foundation, NSF, Rice University, Wikipedia
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