Judging science fairs: 10/10 Privilege, 0/10 Ability
Every year, I make a point of rounding up students in my department and encouraging them to volunteer one evening judging our local science fair. This year, the fair was held at the start of April, and...
View ArticleHow Universities Can Help STEM Students Succeed
Photo by John Phelan Across the country, millions of students will be filling the lecture halls of introductory science and engineering courses, many of them eager to declare majors in science,...
View ArticleAccess to Science Research for Everyone
The greatest validation of scientific contribution is a peer-reviewed academic publication. But the face of academic publishing is changing as traditional journal publishers have come under attack from...
View ArticlePower Posing & Science Education
orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9771Developing a coherent understanding of a scientific idea is neither trivial nor easy and it is counter-productive to pretend that it is. For some time now the idea of...
View ArticleFrom the Science March to the Classroom: Recognizing science in politics and...
orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9771Jeanne Garbarino (with edits by Mike Klymkowsky) Purely scientific discussions are hallmarked by objective, open, logical, and skeptical thought; they can describe and...
View ArticleIs it time to start worrying about conscious human “mini-brains”?
orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9771A human iPSC cerebral organoid in which pigmented retinal epithelial cells can be seen (from the work of McClure-Begley, Mike Klymkowsky, and William Old.) The fact that...
View ArticleBalancing research prestige, human decency, and educational outcomes.
orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9771 Or why do academic institutions shield predators? Many working scientists, particularly those early in their careers or those oblivious to practical realities, maintain...
View ArticleMaking education matter in higher education
orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9771 It may seem self-evident that providing an effective education, the type of educational experiences that lead to a useful bachelors degree and serve as the foundation for...
View ArticleAn Obituary of Dr. Ben Barres Written by a Faraway Admirer
The first time that I’d met Dr. Ben Barres was in a large lecture hall at Stanford Medical School, but his reputation had preceded him. From upperclassmen and the medical students who were acquainted...
View ArticleStrategies for Hearing Impaired Students, Educators, and Colleagues and The...
Today, Sci-Ed is happy to welcome Rachel Wayne to the blog to discuss hearing impairment in higher education, and this is her third post on the topic (for the first post, click here, and her second...
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