Our department makes all graduate students give seminars for the whole department. Masters students give one 30 minute talk, PhD students give two 30-minute talks and a one hour one. …
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Teaching course and article on OpenCourseWare
I took a fantastic course this semester: Teaching in Higher Education (THE500). It’s a balloted non-credit course for final year PhD students, and it used to show up on your …
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FoldIt – a game to solve protein structures
Foldit is a web-based computer game that lets you fold proteins, and contribute to science while playing. From the site: “Figuring out which of the many, many possible structures is …
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Research contributes to global warming. I’m not surprised. I often feel ridiculous when I make the effort of turning off lights at home while my cells have to grow 24/7 …
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What happens on the internet does not stay on the internet (part 3) – what everyone should know about science
Guys, first of all, I am so sorry about how long-winded this is. This installment only has one step, about summarizing suggestions from the poster, about what everyone should know …
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I’ve been tempted to link to some of the ReGenesis science Facts Behind the Fiction articles I’ve written, but I kept putting it off because I’m always a few weeks …