An alternative to having to write 4 versions of the exam

During a recent Dean’s Faculty Fellow Public Talk, Inna Vishik guided attendees through “#Superconductivity: The Hype and the Reality.” Check out our recap of the lecture and learn more about superconductivity: lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-techno… #lectures #science

My toddler is offering professional development classes. She will teach you to say 'no' to everything very sweetly, so that you can actually develop professionally. If the requestor pushes back, she will teach you to fake cry. On third request, she will teach you to wave and

What lousy academic career advice did you wisely ignore? What lousy advice did you regrettably follow?

My colleague died and bequeathed me the remainder of his grant, which supported a postdoc who just arrived in the US and a collaborative team. I was advised to take the money and run by more than one person (maybe keep the postdoc). I opted to keep the whole team. Now a

My airport routine 1. Astound strangers with my schlepping abilities, luggage and kids 2. Bribe the kids with treats and souvenirs, especially Cafe X . Explain the concept of airport terminals if we are in a terminal at SFO without the coffee robot. 3. Board early and arrange

Perhaps the most anxiety inducing part of a proposal to write is the list of suggested reviewers

One time I had a European roommate in a conference in Hong Kong during the summer who was convinced the dorm room mini split AC was making her get a cold.

Usually Lawrence Hall of Science is my go-to rainy day spot, so I had no idea they have an epic view of AdvancedLightSource from above.

A nice writeup by Greg Watry UC Davis Letters and Science #MoorePhysics lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-techno…

You can tell how unscholarly a field is based on how much word salad is in the abstracts.

It will be such a calamity if google ever shuts down google scholar. H-indices will shrink. We will need to contend with the garbage interface that is WoS.