The Write Rules
Time to repent of these 10 basic writing sins.
What environment do we create when college students are “kids?”
We’ve all heard it – and maybe said it: “well, the kids in this class, won’t…” or “I just can’t get these kids to do the reading…” What learning environment do we create when we refer to college students as “kids?” College students are adults. Technically, these individuals are generally over 18 years old and […]
What’s in Your Bucket(s)?
Once you’ve defined the buckets of work for your grant submission and placed them on your timeline, you are ready for the second step in the work breakdown process.
Why We’ve Got it Good
From the Director of Toughness: Challenging, competitive career progression is the norm in highly-educated professions. We’ve got it good.
Popular Young Scientist’s Post on Failure to Get Funding Goes Viral
Brad Voytek should be the poster child for neuroscience. He’s smart, charismatic, does a ton of outreach, sports an impressive soul patch and works on difficult problems of how the brain synthesizes, organizes and initiates behavioral tasks. Brad is a computational neuroscientist who studies how complex signals are generated and coded within the brain to […]
Drug Development Externships with Eli Lilly
NCATS and Eli Lilly are offering fully paid externships to support training and education in techniques, principles, and core competencies in multiple areas of drug development. Applications are due April 20!
Behind the Scenes with a Standardized Patient
Last week I had cholecystitis and lung cancer. In the past year I’ve had pneumonia, an MRSA infection and angina. Here’s how the magic happens.
Go To SLEEP! The Five Things That Happen When You Don’t Call It A Night
How many times have you sat down at your computer and worked way too late into the night writing a paper or grant only to find that in the cold light of day that ‘roll’ you were on the evening has the clarity of… milk. Milk with sludge in it. Sludge you can’t see through. […]
How To Be an Academic Leader and Maintain Time For Yourself
Seventh grade English class and your assignment is to write a one pager about what you want to be when you grow up. Hmmm…sports writer, teacher, astronaut, video game creator, nurse, cowboy/girl, police person, senior faculty member! Wait, what? Fast forward thirty years, and you find yourself sitting in a bigger office than most, with […]
Buckets of Fun (Work?)
Proposed research project is feasible? Check. Timeline formatted? Check. Milestones added? Check. Now it’s time to break the work into manageable chunks….