Pondering Watson
James Watson, the Nobel Laureate, recently made headlines for his controversial remarks on race. While he …
Education
A note to new investigators
Academic scientists like myself have three major responsibilities: teaching, scholarship (i.e. research), and service to one’s …
HERS Institute – September
The residential HERS program met this past weekend to address our “Change Challenges”. We were asked …
Life in the Ivory Tower
Since starting the Denver HERS Institute, I have been reading many of the on-line resources recommended …
HERS Summer Institute, Week 1 Curriculum
The overall HERS Summer Institute Curriculum was just about evenly split between personal development initiatives and …
HERS Summer Institute, the presidents
One of the best things about the first week of the HERS Summer Institute was the …
HERS Summer Institute, Day 3
Wow. I will write more comprehensively about this experience in the coming days but so far …
HERS Summer Institute
A few months ago I applied to attend the Denver HERS Institute for Women in Higher …
Sometimes my job is not fun
People sometimes think that my job as the acting director of a biomedical research institute is …
My Start Up Life
I spent the last few days in Washington DC reviewing scientific grants for the government. My …