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Welcome to Jurassic Park

1 Nov 2024November 1, 2024
Hi everyone! I want to share my Halloween costume for this year with you, but I will not have you guess. I was Dr. John Hammond, the fictional creator of…
Teaching

Updated – My evil red pen and why I deeply dislike the concept of extra credit

6 Jan 2024January 6, 2024
When the time for grading arrives at a certain point in each academic semester, I like posting pictures like this: And I usually say things like "Grading, mwahahahahahaaaaa!" and I tell tales…
Biochemistry…

A nice card from the Bio Club students

7 Feb 2020October 15, 2020
I love my students. I especially like when they send me nice messages of encouragement. These take various forms, from emails thanking me for a class (sometimes years after they…
Blogging

A good laugh

5 Feb 2015
I have the best students in the world. End of story. This morning, one of them gave me a good laugh, which by the way, I badly needed. Right after…
Biochemistry…

What does the title “Doctor” really mean?

22 Oct 2013September 11, 2023
One does not absolutely need mentors to succeed in life (I stand corrected; see comments), particularly in scientific life, but a good mentor makes the process much easier! I was…
Biology…

Why write about science? 2018 Edition

5 Aug 2012
“Not explaining Science seems to me perverse. When you are  in love, you want to tell the whole world.”  -Carl Sagan Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an…
Biology…

Students say the darnedest things! (2015)

1 Feb 2012September 5, 2021
I really like my students (well, most of them anyway... (:-)...). I would not be in this line of work otherwise. For the most part, my students are smart, but…

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