It can be a real challenge for PhD students to decide on a lab to do their research. I began reflecting on this a few months ago after advising a mentee. I had offered the standard advice that you can find all over the internet: “Talk to the people from the lab.” Yet I soon […] … learn more→

Back when I attended M.S. 101 in the Bronx, I tuned out the science teacher because I didn’t think science was for me. I viewed the subject as something distant and inaccessible. I never saw myself becoming a scientist. Things changed, however, when my physics teacher at Marie Curie High School used hip-hop to make […] … learn more→

Academic freedom is widely championed as the foundation of a good university. It is seen as vital in speaking “truth to power” – to borrow from influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt – and in ensuring universities are oriented towards the common good, not select elite interests. Academic freedom also ensures universities can lead research, education and public debates […] … learn more→

When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands out Band-Aids for boo-boos. But school nurses do so much more. They are school leaders who address the physical, mental and emotional health needs of students. As the COVID-19 pandemic played out, many school nurses took on even greater responsibilities. These […] … learn more→

It is estimated that 73.4 million people will use wearable technologies in the United States by 2022. Ready-to-wear technologies refer to connected and smart accessories that can be worn on different parts of the body. The most popular wearable technology is the smartwatch. An important feature of this wearable technology is that it is easy to acquire […] … learn more→

A Project Management certified professional may not seem essential to an organization’s core structure, but their involvement makes a significant difference many folds. In today’s world, technology and businesses have gone through an amalgamation that has led to many organizations in desperate need of certified project managers. These individuals are qualified to handle the requirements […] … learn more→

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has proposed that the federal government create a database that includes information on outcomes for individual college graduates, such as how much money they earn after they get a degree in a particular major. That’s according to a report that a commission sponsored by the foundation released in May 2021. I asked the […] … learn more→

Multiple times a year I provide impact statement workshops. Not everyone can make those, so rather than having that knowledge only live in the workshop space, I thought I’d highlight some of the main take-aways shared during that workshop here. While I’m based in Australia and tailor a lot of my advice to Australian frameworks, […] … learn more→

To generalise ridiculously, there are three types of people: People who start a research project intending to finish it on time. People who start a project not really caring when they finish it. People who don’t care about finishing a project on time until they fly past the deadline. If you are doing a PhD […] … learn more→

During the pandemic, many university professors abandoned traditional textbooks in favor of digital documents or multimedia devices. As a linguistics teacher , I compared electronic communications and printed texts from the point of view of learning. Is the level of understanding of information the same depending on whether it is read on paper or on a screen? And is listening or […] … learn more→