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Sometimes, the problem is a tangled ball of complexities. I joked about suing someone for the asthma, but as my dad loved to say, "You can't sue the government." I
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Some reflections on the challenges of being a scientist right now1. The fundamental, unspoken challenge is the stress induced by uncertainty about the future (science or more broadly). It impacts
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1/34I wonder what those members of #ualberta community who lost their jobs over the last year feel when they read this.#abpse@RicAcuna @e_johannson @BFlanaganUofA https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/new-university-of-alberta-preside
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Our lives are filled with so much ambiguity right now, it's overwhelming for us all.I've had some long talks with law students over the past few days, to try to
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How I Worked Through the Social Justicization of Google without Going Insane (Thread) :I started working at Google in 2011, back when people thought it was weird that I was
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A little story about "Essential Employees" during the #coronovarius from a faculty perspective. Those of my students who still have jobs are often 'essential employees' but not MDs and Nurses,
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Damn...https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1263914117154422785 Most know Cam Talbot from UAH. A recent alum of the program is Josh Kestner. He's had a taste in the AHL with the Marlies and most recently was
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As a philosopher I have to say this: Western philosophy is not the only philosophical tradition. So much of our graduate studies is centered around knowing the Greek and European
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hiiii, we’re the @calmatters College Journalism Network! CJN is made up of student journalists across the state covering higher education and includes a team of 13 fellows as well as
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This synchronous vs. asynchronous debate, y'all. I'm thinking through it constantly. It's the number one question I'm hearing from faculty learners right now...#HigherEd #AcademicChatter Hearing about complaints directed at
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1/A thread on supply and demand in higher educationOne function of a university (not the only function) is to match supply (teaching) and demand (students). Universities are brokers. Accreditation gives
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An Experience of the establishment of a Dominance Hierarchy in RatsRead, Understand, ExtrapolatePower Thread : An experiment was performed on rats. To study their aptitude to swim, a researcher of
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@FootnotesAnthro @KrystianaKrupa @Savvy_Newell What is this newest Footnotes post? Something feels icky about having two white women talk about how NAGPRA, as it is currently being utilized, is harming Native
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Leadership development is an important topic for anyone in any stage of their scientific career. It's necessary to develop leadership and management skills for productivity and project organization. Leadership creates
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A personal statement on the end of the #StrikeForSafeCampus from an ordinary @geo3550 member: Thank you for listening. It's a long thread. 0/13https://twitter.com/geo3550/status/1306441530954182656 A lot to process tonight. I'm prou
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1/ This week we may have seen the deployment of a new tool in the public health armamentarium, and it didn't get a lot of attention. It's a good example
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