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I drafted this post a while ago, but never published it. Perhaps it’s time, as ASBMB’s publication of “A Good Little Girl” (original post here) reminded me of it. This post will likely go *poof* in a few days. —– We voted for the promotion of a faculty member to full professor. The colleague’s record is quite strong. He commands massive
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Quote from “Peak Performance,” a 1989 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation: [Kolrami has criticized Riker’s inappropriate joviality and lack of seriousness for a commanding officer.] Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Don’t confuse style with intent. Only a fool would question Commander Riker’s dedication to Starfleet and the men and women under his command. He is
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Happy New Academic Year!
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When you are a woman in a male-dominated STEM field, weird things happen to you. People say weird shit or give you weird looks or write weird letters of recommendation for you. And this is just the good guys, the male colleagues who are at the core respectful and supportive of you. A few years ago, there was some paperwork
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A New Assistant Professor (NAP) has a question: I have worked at an industrial research lab for five years and have finally received an offer from a well-known US public research school as an assistant professor in engineering. I am so excited but at the same time I am a bit anxious about setting up a new research
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Apparently, a septuagenarian Nobel laureate thinks women are a distraction in the lab and cry a lot; calls for gender-segregated labs. The Internet erupts. Whatever. I am actually relieved every time something like this happens. I am relieved that occasionally someone is actually stupid enough to say out loud what many think and act according to anyway.
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Yesterday I found out that one of my NSF proposals got declined. I was disappointed, as I think this was probably the best proposal I have ever written. I read the comments and felt even more down. The comments indicated that it was poorly placed panel-wise. It received 3 “goods”, and the comments were pro forma. First,
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I recently spent some time with a very junior faculty member at my institution. Young, from a prestigious institution, male. Thinks he has everything figured out. When I tell him what some very explicit requirements for tenure at the university are, he pouts and objects that they are unreasonable (they are not) and that if he
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In a comment to a recent post of mine, Zinemin asked (and Ana seconded): “I have a question for you. I would be really curious to read what you would say about the topic of energy, since this is something I am currently thinking about. It is clear that you operate on a very high
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‘Tis December!!! Phew. I must admit, posting every day in November has been tough, which was probably obvious from some of the less-than-inspired posts. When you start photographing produce, you know you are scraping the bottom of the blog-fodder barrel. I think last year’s November blogging was easier, I am not sure why. I don’t remember
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