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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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No, those microbes are not cooperating
One of the things I love about watching marked wasps on a nest is that I can see what is happening. What drew me into social wasps at the very beginning was this ability to watch behavior, then figure out … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral ecology, Microbes
Tagged behavioral ecology, biofilm, community, conflict, cooperation, fuzzy thinking, Microorganism, sociobiology
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