Big Numbers, Big Ideas: Pingsheng Wu
Rebecca Helton, MA
Pingsheng Wu, PhD, likes playing with numbers. She combs through large amounts of data, such as hospital records and surveys, seeking the causes of disease. Although she has worked with …
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Science's Creativity Crisis: Learning to Innovate
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“Are you as innovative as you want to be? Although eight of 10 respondents in a poll of thousands of workers from the United States, Europe, and Japan in 2012 said creativity …
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Quick Like Bunnies, Spend $5 Now for a Better Academic New Year
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Quick like a bunny....snag the best academic organizer of your life for $5 at Passion Planner.
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Leave Your Island. Career Inspiration from Richard Blanco
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
NPR did a fabulous interview a while ago with Richard Blanco, who was born to first generation Cuban émigrés. Blanco visited Cuba for the opening of the US embassy …
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Meditation: It's Not What You Think
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When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind? A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged …
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New NIH Biosketch Format Required Starting January 25, 2015
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The NIH will begin requiring biosketches in the new, five-page format for all applications submitted on or after January 25, 2015. (Read the announcement.) You can download a sample of the new …
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Microscopes, Butterflies, Owl Puke...And More
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Thank you! We raised $3597 in three days funding seven STEM education projects for little kids and big kids all over the country. DonorsChoose.org is a fabulous organization. It gives …
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How to Register for Translational Science 2018
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A walkthrough on connecting you and your institution, and getting a reduced price for Translational Science 2018 membership.
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Tools for Team Manuscript Preparation When the Data are In Hand
Liana Bruce, PhD
Here’s a map to get your best work out the door efficiently. It’s never too soon to plan the journey to a completed manuscript.
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Houston Has a Post-Hurricane Science Problem: Here's How You Can Help
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
As Harvey clears out, Houston's science community is facing devastating personal and professional loses. Here's how you and your lab can help.
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