Monthly Archives: March 2013

Research with teaching, teaching with research, just teaching or just research?

This past week was spring break at my teaching university, so I spent the week doing nothing but research at the bench at my home institution.  I admit, the change was good- it gave me a chance to practice skills … Continue reading

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My favorite lab so far… and half of it was not even in the lab.

It is amazing how the academic school year puts time in fast-forward. I am officially past the halfway mark of my semester, with 9 Chapters left to cover in the lecture, and 4 labs left to plan/execute. It feels like … Continue reading

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Academic Freedom & Shared Governance

The one thing that is classically celebrated about the Faculty life is the academic freedom that accompanies it: the freedom to pursue the avenues of research that are most curious, using the methodology that you choose; the freedom to choose … Continue reading

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