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Minimize Unconscious Bias in Recommendation Letters

by Kelle December 7, 2011

‘Tis the season for recommendation letter writing and a friendly reminder of an important issue that letter writers, readers, and requestors should all be aware of. (Also see last year’s Recommendation Letter Writing Round Up.) While writing letters is a task that is generally taken with great care for all mentees, there are some things [...]

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Valuing all Kinds of Astronomy Smarts

by Kelle November 21, 2011

A couple weeks ago, Sean over at Cosmic Variance brought up the topic of “smart” with respect to Steve Jobs and I want to use that post to springboard to a slightly different opinion piece: Astronomy (and Physics) will not be as scientifically productive as it could be and will not make meaningful progress towards [...]

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Drinking with Colleagues [Links]

by Kelle October 17, 2011

For better or worse, Astronomy has a strong drinking culture. Whether it’s the Friday beer/wine/scotch departmental event, nights out at conferences, or the AAS Party, we drink together a lot. Here’s a nice article on maintaining a balance between having a good time and maintaining a professional demeanor. I especially like the advice to be [...]

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Extremely Large Telescope Might End Up Not Quite as Large [Links]

by Kelle June 16, 2011

Europe Downscales Monster Telescope to Save Money | ScienceInsider The world’s biggest telescope is getting smaller—but more affordable. The designers of the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) have decided to shrink the telescope’s primary mirror from a diameter of 42 meters to 39.3 meters. The resulting 13% decrease in sensitivity is likely to reduce [...]

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New Blog: GradHacker

by Kelle June 14, 2011

There’s a new blog to add to the list of useful resources for grad students: GradHacker. Recent noteworthy posts have been on hacking your committee meetings, coming to grips with not knowing the answers anymore, and the dual-career job search. While it seems that the authors thus far are mainly in the humanities, the issues [...]

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Twitter-Based Astronomy Journal Club

by Kelle June 8, 2011

Hashtag: #astroJC Organizers: @astronomyjc Blog: Astronomy Journal Club The general idea is that we meet up on twitter at a prearranged day and time and discuss an interesting piece of astronomy research. This will generally take the form of an academic paper, but we could also include some articles too. Everyone’s welcome to participate, whether [...]

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Study on Interactive Lecture in Physics Courses Slammed by NY Times

by Kelle May 13, 2011

I’m turning into an interactive lecture evangelist. I’m not the best advocate since I was raised in the faith, rather than converting, but I’ve still been seriously trying to convince my physics colleagues and the adjuncts who teach our evening and summer Astro101 to add just at least a bit of student-centered learning to each [...]

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[Link] Recovering from End-of-the-Semester Burnout

by Kelle May 12, 2011

Recovering from End-of-the-Semester Burnout | acadmiblog Great advice here for recovering from a busy semester but also applicable for post thesis defense, coming off the job market, or finishing a big project. My favorite nugget is about making realistic goals for the summer: Think through what your top priorities are for the summer, making sure [...]

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It’s true – there are too few women presenting science on TV

by Kelle May 6, 2011

It’s true – there are too few women presenting science on TV | Kim Shillinglaw | Science | guardian.co.uk The BBC is putting forth an effort to have more women scientist. But – as someone who’s been making science programmes for a long time – I’ve got to confess that there could be another reason: [...]

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Introducing Astrobites

by Kelle February 11, 2011

I’ve linked to a couple things from astrobites recently and added them to our blogroll a couple days ago. It’s a blog run by astro grad students intended for astro-curious undergrads. (But I enjoy reading it as well!) Here’s their announcement from the AAS Newsletter. ASTROBITES: LITERATURE JOURNAL AND WEBLOG FOR UNDERGRADUATES Do you know [...]

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