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Reconciliation ecology and the soul of a university (a radio essay)

My reading of the following essay will be broadcast as part of the series “The Moral Is” (to which I have been contributing for a year now) on Valley Public Radio today, July 3, 2012, during the local morning program Valley … Continue reading

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Dang… I better update my lab website…

via phdcomics.com … but I have this meeting to prepare for first…

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How the athletic tail wags the academic dog at the new “Fresno State”

As of yesterday, I no longer work for California State University, Fresno. I got my tenure at that institution almost two years ago and have been an Associate Professor in the Biology Department ever since. I still have my lab … Continue reading

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The long arc of our quest for Intellectual Freedom bends towards…

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Your Academic Genealogy

via phdcomics.com With a few minor substitutions – Darwin(‘s Finches, at least) for Einstein, for example – and I can see see myself on this family tree. Won’t say where exactly, but somewhere on there… So what does your academic … Continue reading

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The Professor’s Creed

via phdcomics.com My grad students had better be thankful we have neither snow nor sleet out here in California! So what’s their excuse??!!

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Caught In A Bad Project (by Lady Science)

via youtube.com Something to go GAGA over, eh? Dunno about that Cell paper, but surely this is a contender for a Grammy? Er, I mean Gram-y (-ve/+ve)… [runs away].

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Relationships in grad school are always… well… complicated!

via phdcomics.com Gets even more complicated if you add another couple of variables: via phdcomics.com

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Why didn’t I find this guide to the Semiotics of E-mail Signatures in my faculty orientation packet?

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Comparative Urban Ecology working group at NCEAS

See the full gallery on Posterous Decompressing before dispersing after an intense week grappling with big questions in urban ecology!

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