#IamScience: Embracing Personal Experience on Our Rise Through Science
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By , on January 27th, 2012 56 comments   Scientist!   , , , , , ,  

Magical things can happen when you enthusiastically open your mouth on the internet. One of these magical things is learning how personal experience shapes people’s lives. Looking into others causes you to look into yourself. And then something really magical happens – we learn we are not alone. Among our unique, personal experiences lies a . . . → Read More: #IamScience: Embracing Personal Experience on Our Rise Through Science

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From the Editor’s Desk: Quantifying Outreach to the Cult of Science
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By , on November 23rd, 2010 26 comments   Editor's Desk, Education, Opinion & Editorial   , , , , , ,  

While I had a completely different post already 60% written for this week’s column, I was struck by a few recent posts about various ways to promote science, which I will outline here. In a sincere defense of the Science Cheerleaders project (see video below), Andrea Kuszewski makes a fascinating analogy about the OCD (obsessive . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Quantifying Outreach to the Cult of Science

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Minorities in Marine Biology: The Dearth of Black Professors
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By , on October 1st, 2010 40 comments   Education, Scientist!   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

At the next conference, symposium or faculty meeting you attend take a good look at the landscape around you. Are the halls dotted with a variety of trees or are you drowning in a sea of monotony? As a marine ecologist I am trained to measure diversity. Diversity has many attributes and consequences. Biodiversity is . . . → Read More: Minorities in Marine Biology: The Dearth of Black Professors

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Reinventing academia, but for whom?
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By , on April 27th, 2009 5 comments   Education, Scientist!   , ,  

Columbia University campus The New York Times published an interesting opinion piece saying its time for major changes in academia. Dr. Mark Taylor of Columbia University’s Religion Department says tenure must be abolished, replaced with 7 year renewable contracts. He wants a problem based curriculum structured by themes like “water”, “information”, and “energy”. He claims . . . → Read More: Reinventing academia, but for whom?

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