Monday, June 30, 2014

Retirement of a Scientist: Do I Want To Stop Working?

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Visitors who have stumbled upon this website through a Google search for retirement information may be flummoxed at the question posed in ...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Retirement of a Scientist: Can I Afford To Quit Working?

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In this series of posts, I'm talking about retirement. In the next few posts, I'll consider some questions that a scientist contempl...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

I'm Retired, Not Dead

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What do you think when you hear that a scientist has retired? Do you assume that they're no longer contributing to science or to s...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Presentation Myths: Hand-wringing and Other Nervous Hand Gestures

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Samantha was nervous as she looked out at the audience. She thanked the organizer of the symposium and began her talk. Nothing in her delive...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Help, My Department Requires Graduate Students to Publish a Peer-Reviewed Paper!

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A colleague recently mentioned that her department is considering whether to require graduate students to have at least one paper from the...
Friday, January 10, 2014

A Slight Case of Sexual Harassment

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What would you do if someone made an inappropriate remark (of a sexual nature) to you—for example, during a professional meet-up to discus...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

It Is Important To Note That…And Other Unnecessary Phrases

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I recently received a manuscript that was overly wordy. Throughout the paper, the author had sprinkled completely unnecessary phrases or p...