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Category Archives: United States
Local boy makes op-ed
Here’s a new one for my publications list: the Op-Ed pages of my hometown newspaper. I’ve spent the last weeks calling my congressional reps, and hassling other people to do the same, over the Trump administration’s vandalism of research funding (alongside its … Continue reading
Posted in Action Item, community, ecology, evolution, funding, NIH, NSF, politics, Science Communication, United States
Tagged Science Homecoming
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The creationists are winning. Here’s what we scientists can do about it
In my first year of graduate school at the University of Idaho, I joined a bunch of my colleagues in the audience of a debate staged between an evolutionary biologist and a creationist. I remember almost nothing of the debate’s … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, community, evolution, modest proposals, politics, Science Communication, United States
Tagged denialism, scicomm, social media
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We can make academia more family friendly
This one tickled me for too long. It became a serious itch and I feel I have to say something. Two weeks ago, Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez and a Working Group of Mothers in Science published an opinion article in the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, career, community, conferences, politics, primates, United States
Tagged academia, conferences, family, Homo sapiens, parenting
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Friday action items: End the year on a hopeful note
On Fridays this year we’ve been posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better under the current administration. It’s been a tumultuous year, and one in which it was impossible to ignore the politics outside our … Continue reading
Posted in Action Item, politics, United States
Tagged books, journalism, public radio, Puerto Rico
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Friday Action Item: Tell Congress to vote down the GOP tax bill
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! Here’s a last-minute Action Item prompted by an alarming … Continue reading
Posted in Action Item, politics, United States
Tagged graduate school, tax code, tuition
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Friday action item: Figure out how to support a grad student without DACA
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! We haven’t done an Action Item in a while, … Continue reading
Friday action item: It's time to go local
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! This Thursday was not a good day for the … Continue reading
Posted in Action Item, politics, United States
Tagged climate change, Paris Agreement
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Friday action item: An awful budget, now with detail
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! There’s a detailed Federal budget proposal out this week, … Continue reading
Posted in Action Item, funding, NIH, NSF, politics, United States
Tagged budget proposal
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Friday action item: What comes next?
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! It’s been just about two weeks, now, since many … Continue reading
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Friday Action Item: Your #MarchForScience checklist
On Fridays while the current administration is in office we’re posting small, concrete things you can do to help make things better. Got a suggestion for an Action Item? E-mail us! Tomorrow, scientists and science supporters around the world will … Continue reading