Scientific Societies Are Failing Academics: Five Ways to Do Better and Get More
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Scientific and medical societies have been in existence for hundreds of years. At their best, they foster communication, collaboration, education and outreach. At their worst, they are slow moving exclusionary …
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Unmanaged Time
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Ever feel like most time management advice is, well, crap? So do Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, authors of a recent article in the Chronicle with the provocative title “…
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End of Summer Academic Sanity Saver: Post Undergrad Lab Jobs Now!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Get a head start on fall by knowing what you want from undergrads and what they can expect from research experience. My 8-point listicle of making it a great experience.
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Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell's It Worked For Me
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers leadership advice through storytelling in this collection of anecdotes and true tales. Each short chapter derives a lesson from an incident encountered in …
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Are Your LGBTQ Trainees Safe: Thoughts on Life Post Orlando
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Today’s massacre in Orlando of unarmed patrons of a gay nightclub in Orlando is sickening, stunning and all too personal for many of us in academics. Earlier today, I …
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Take a Quick Peek at Your University's Financial Outlook Here
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Contrary to popular opinion, universities are not run by Chancellor’s sitting on a giant stack of gold coins Scrooge McDuck style. Your university takes out loans to build infrastructure, …
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If I'm a Minority Recruit, Is It Tacky to Point Out There are No Other Minority Faculty?
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Around the Twitter world today, a kindly trainee had been offered an awesome job (woot!). BUT, and there’s always a but, there were no other minority hires in their …
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Where Good Ideas Come From
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Which do you think would help the germ of a thought grow into a brilliant idea: Talking about it with others, who have their own sparkling thoughts and brilliant ideas, …
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Medical Woo and the Hidden Toxins that Are (Not) Killing You
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Today, the Fighty Squirrel was flipping around Facebook while in the lunch line, when a post from a friend about ‘HIDDEN TOXINS LURKING YOUR FOOD’ came across my screen. We …
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Doing Better in Academics in Your 40's: You'll Need an Eye Exam for That
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Not long ago, the Fighty Squirrel noticed that as her days wound down, she was struggling to read. Over the course of thirty minutes at the very end of the …
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