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Speaking of ambition and success (Friday’s post).. Last week I got a nice but bizarre email from my former advisor. He wrote: Among the pl...

Today I had an argument with a colleague about the concept of ambition . He and another colleague had been discussing their shared opinion t...

As I wandered the halls of two academic buildings today, I passed various classrooms with classes in session. No fewer than 3 times did I he...

A manuscript that I have been reviewing/editing was sent back to the author for revisions, the author and I corresponded about the revisions...

If anyone doubts the warping effects on one’s brain of being on a faculty search committee that involves reading 100+ files and 100+ referen...

Topic: The different ways that advisors deal with graduating students or departing postdocs in terms of continuing research projects . The ‘...

There are some interesting issues related to the professional relationships of advisors and advisees at or soon after the end of the latter...

Recently I had a meeting with a woman who just became part of a publishing team with responsibility for publishing some books I'm involv...

At a meeting last month, I discovered that a senior colleague from another university has a Facebook page. I asked some other colleagues if ...

Last night I had dinner with several of my graduate students, and they spent a lot of time ranting about my colleague, Professor Troll. Some...

Several recent commenters asked me for more information about how I manage to be so ‘efficient’. Just to be clear about where I am on the ef...

Every once in a while I obsess about Letters of References. This is one of those times because: - I have been reading hundreds of L of R...

Token Ignoramus (August 31, 2007 post): I am being a dutiful search committee member for a faculty search in a field that is far beyond my e...

Professor Magnet Hotel update (October 1, 2007 post) I stayed again at the PMH and enjoyed my stay, as always. I recommended this hotel to s...

The week has barely started, but I have already had an encounter with my colleague, Dr. Troll. On Monday I went to a meeting of one of the c...

This weekend as I was contemplating some home improvement projects, I remembered an incident from when I first moved here. I arrived at my p...

This morning I participated in an informal meeting with other professors and some graduate students in my department. The purpose of the mee...

A favorite phrase employed by some proposal reviewers is to accuse the PI’s of proposing a ‘fishing expedition’, meaning that the PI’s don’t...

A male colleague at another university has told me numerous times that he uses me as Exhibit A when discussing life/career issues with stude...

Many years ago when I was a second-year grad student, I gave my very first conference presentation. The topic was a project that was not my ...