From Wikipedia: Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working...
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Category: SciWo says...
This post is for Scientiae's call to share what we did on our summer vacation. I've been fairly silent about my personal life the last few months, But I was hugely encouraged by all the wonderful comments that so many...
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Category: whining
Musings on getting up in the dark
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Category: climate change
I'm part of a team submitting a proposal to NASA, and as such, I had to register in the NASA proposal tracking system, creatively named NSPIRES. But I was a little less than inspired when I got to the first...
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Category: books
My week-long experiment with "actively waiting" to write.
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Category: let's talk about solutions
Following up on Alice's excellent discussion-starter post on "negotiating the illegal questions on an academic job interview," I'd like to offer a few thoughts from the departmental side of the equation. Anyone with more or different experiences should also chime...
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Category: Scientiae
Lots of photo-taking, traveling, and blogging, apparently!
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Category: academic adventures
How to answer the "are you married?" and "do you have kids?" questions on an interview.
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Category: women in science
How would you handle a drinking party as part of your tenure-track faculty interview?
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Category: let's talk about solutions
Over at FairerScience they are looking for a Clinical/Social Science Research Associate to work on a project about "Career Decision-Making of Future Minority Biomedical Science Faculty." Here's an excerpt of the job description: This new position is responsible for the...
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