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Last Thoughts
The past few months have been a whirlwind of packing and writing- followed by lots and lots of editing, as I finished my dissertation and embarked on my next adventure as an OSU Agriculture and…
Formatting Dissertations, Presentations, and Blogs with LATEX
TEX, LATEX, and LYXTEX is a typesetting language with macro capability.LATEX is a macro package built upon TEX.LYX is a visual document processor that uses LATEX to do its typesetting. This post…
Let’s get nostalgic and talk about undergraduate research assistants.
Though it was many years ago, I was once an undergraduate. What’s more? I was an undergraduate research assistant. Yes, it is true. Back in 2010, old Bill was burning through the money from his…
Moving Across Country
Getting across the country or even moving across state is an experience with emotions on both ends of the spectrum: I miss my friends and I am excited…
Science News Resources
Are you interested in science policy and news, but don’t want to get bogged down in all the details? If so, sign up for the bi-weekly newsletter from ASA-CSSA-SSSA, a joint effort by the…
I see your Nobel prize, and I raise you a Mars rover
The last time I wrote an article for this blog, I mentioned the scientist Rosalind Franklin in passing. In that blog post, I referred to her as the underappreciated co-discoverer of the structure…
An avocado a day keeps the doctor away?
New Years is a time for resolutions, and February is a time for breakin’ ‘em. But during the blissful month of January, many people make health-…
Why do scientists go to conferences? A highlight of the 2018 National Entomological Society of America meeting in Vancouver, Canada.
In November of 2018, I was fortunate to attend the Entomological Society of America (ESA) conference in beautiful Vancouver, Canada. Several of the other entomology students, faculty and staff…
What I have in common with Sigismondo Polcastro (1384-1473)
I found an absolutely remarkable thing on the internet a few weeks ago. Academic Tree is a site dedicated to “building a single, interdisciplinary academic genealogy.” Here's the premise: every…