scientiae
sb admin | March 12, 2009Um, hi. Apparently I've been gone for a while. Yeah. Sorry about that. Life's been a bit crazy around here lately, and I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water. I'm not sleeping. I'm not taking care of myself. I'm sick. I'm stressed to the gills. I have way too much to do. I feel like I work all the damn time. Hmmm, maybe that's because I *do* work all the damn time.
In addition to not having time to breathe blog, I haven't really been in the headspace to blog. I have a ton of stuff on my mind, but I'm not sure how to blog it. It's all about tenure, of course: the…
sciencewoman | March 1, 2009 Liberal Arts Lady has ably hosted another fantastic edition of Scientiae. Head over there for some fantastic stories of role models and mentors, as well as some reminders that we have a ways to go before all aspiring scientists can find someone who looks like them.
I also wanted to draw your attention to an excellent post by Zuska. She says that "It's Difficult To Talk About Diversity When You Feel Ignorant And Are Afraid To Give Offense" but that it's really important to be an ally in practice and not just in (silent) principle.
sb admin | February 25, 2009I'm supervising a few independent studies this year, with groups of students working on fairly large and fairly fuzzily-defined design projects. These groups couldn't be more different from each other in terms of the way they act as a group, act as individuals, and interact with me. It's got me thinking a lot lately about group dynamics among students and the strong influences that certain individuals have over the behavior of the entire group.
One of the groups is highly functional---on the surface. The students all get along really well with each other and appear to complement each other…
sciencewoman | February 24, 2009Hear ye, hear ye. The first-ever and best-ever edition of the Diversity in Science Carnival has been posted.Read all about it at DNLee's Urban Science Adventures! There's some really fabulous stuff there and I can't wait to read those that I missed when they were first posted.
While you're being inspired by all of the great DiS posts, channel some of that inspiration towards this month's Scientiae call for posts. Liberal Arts Lady has asked us: "Who inspires you or motivates you? Who would you call your role models, at any stage of your career?" Posts should be submitted to scientiaecarnival…
sciencewoman | February 5, 2009Another duplicate Seed magazine has arrived in my mailbox, and just in time another great Scientiae has been posted. Be the first one to identify the authors of the following three quotes in the comments, and I'll send along the Universe in 2009 issue of Seed.
It's another cool issue focusing on the all awesome innovations waiting on our scientific horizon. So far, I've particularly enjoyed the feature article on the "ecology of finance" and the Seed Salon where a physicist and a social scientist discuss how networks are becoming a dominant paradigm for investigating all sorts of phenomena.…
sciencewoman | February 2, 2009The February Scientiae is up at Fairer Science. Pat picked a great theme for this month's carnival "Our Dreams for a Better World." Go check out all the great ideas and then let's get to work turning them into reality.
And now for an exciting announcement, DNLee of Urban Science Adventures is kicking off a new monthly carnival focused on Diversity in Science.
Blogs of every genre are invited to write a special feature post about a person who is a pioneer and/or innovator in any of the amazing fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Tell us all about him/her?
How…
skookumchick | January 28, 2009Pat of FairerScience is hosting the February Scientiae, and has posted the theme to be about imagining a fairer, more equitable society (and maybe specifically about science). She's taking submissions (via this method) until January 30, so get fingers to keyboard if you haven't already, and send her your musings and dreams.
Can't wait to read this one... :-)
skookumchick | January 1, 2009Acmegirl has posted the first Scientiae for 2009 here. Enjoy your New Year's Day even more by giving it a read. Thanks, acmegirl!
sciencewoman | December 8, 2008One of the perks of blogging at ScienceBlogs is that our overlords send us free copies of Seed magazine. In fact, Seed loves me so much that they send me two free copies of every issue, even though I've asked them to stop. This is an especially interesting issue, with profiles of global science funding and education, a survey of 1000 scientists, and an interview with Craig Venter. So, what to do with the second copy? One for upstairs and one for down? Wait, I've got a better idea...I'll send it to a blog reader.
But who to send it to? I know, I'll do a scavenger hunt. Below the fold, I've…
skookumchick | December 5, 2008Prepare for an entertaining read over at Isis's place! And get your typing fingers ready for the Jan 2009 Scientiae, to be hosted by acmegirl! More info coming soon.
Thanks for hosting, Isis!
skookumchick | November 19, 2008Jumping into the breech, Isis has called for posts on, "My Science is Hotter than Dr. Isis's Naughty Monkeys Because..." by midnight on December 1. So get your posts in to Isis for what I'm sure will be an excellent carnival (although of course they are always excellent... :-) ).
In addition, skookumchick has called for volunteers for 2009's carnivals. Want to help out? Volunteering directions are here.
PS - can someone fix my grammar in the title? Pleeese?
skookumchick | November 15, 2008Scientiae webspinner skookumchick has raised the batsignal for a strong and courageous host who can take on the task of running the December Scientiae (to be posted Dec 1 or thereabouts). If you can do it, email Scientiae directly. Otherwise, the spate of bad Scientiae luck will continue :-( .
In addition, she invites volunteers to host for 2009 - let her know in the same way. Thanks!
Update: Isis is going to host! Yayayay! Watch for a cfp soon!
skookumchick | November 8, 2008Woo hoo, Jane has posted a trick-or-treaty November Scientiae over at her blog! Go read! Yayay!
jane | November 7, 2008Hello, and welcome to the November edition of Scientiae! The month of October was filled with tricks and treats galore; costumes were donned, and a rollicking good time was had by all. Or at least most. Or some. Anyway, read along to find out who got treated, who got tricked, and who's still figuring out what costume to wear to the ball.
(Note: I've included all of the posts for the October Scientiae as well. Oddly enough, I was able to fit them all into this month's theme, so thanks to you all for writing such malleable posts!)
TREATSBeing a theorist is a treat! So says new blogger…
skookumchick | October 31, 2008 I'm hoping it's not the effect of the Halloweeny season, but Jane's edition of the November Scientiae will be delayed. Because she has pneumonia. Please don't take this as indicative of a curse on Scientiae hosts. But do take it as a chance to send in a last-minute post to Jane through the usual way - maybe even some photos of your trick-or-treaters/ing? :-)
skookumchick | October 16, 2008 While the October Scientiae still may happen albeit much delayed (host Jen has been dealing with some personal concerns, give her a supportive shout-out, will you?), next host Jane of Sb's See Jane Compute will be hosting the November Scientiae. She's posted the theme of TRICK OR TREAT! and you should contribute something to the candy pot! Posts are due Oct 30, just in time for Halloween.
Yay! I've missed reading Scientiae... get those posts in!
jane | October 14, 2008So I'm hosting the November edition of Scientiae, and I just put up the call for posts. Please consider contributing something for the carnival! Posts are due no later than 11:59pm EST Thursday, October 30.
skookumchick | September 29, 2008OMG, has it been a busy few days. I'm just starting the second shift of working today, after an 8-5:30 day of back-to-back meetings, and tomorrow will be all day in a workshop, but I need to share some updatey things, including a belated announcement for the October Scientiae (yay!) below the fold.
Jen at Deliberate Pixel has had a tough month, but is going to pull out all the stops to get us an October Scientiae carnival. Get your posts in by Friday on anything or the theme "being a good example even in a misstep" and she'll post the carnival this weekend. Thanks, Jen!
Everyone is gearing…
skookumchick | September 1, 2008Lab Cat has hosted a September Scientiae BBQ, with posts from both ScienceWoman and me. Thanks for hosting, Lab Cat! A good read to chew over as you labor over canning pears, I will admit.
Next Scientiae will be hosted by Jen Myers over at deliberatepixel.
skookumchick | August 26, 2008The Scientiae theme for September is "my summer vacation." My first week of class started today, so perhaps this is a good way to remind myself of what I've done this summer.
We had dinner early in May at a friend and colleague's house to acknowledge my husband's decision to step away from his tenure-track job.
I went to a co-PI meeting in Washington DC for a grant we are hoping to get in mid-May - learned a lot, networked, and got all jazzed up to get the grant. Unfortunately, at the end of August, we're still waiting to hear. We have made progress in the meantime, however - we have…