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Should scientists engage in advocacy? - Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory Blog - By Oregon State's Dominique Kone, Masters Student in Marine Resource Management. "As an early-career scientist, I’d like to share some of my observations and thoughts on this topic, and help continue this dialogue on the appropriateness of scientists exercising advocacy."

How I became easy prey - Science - A tale of caution on publishing in a predatory journal.

Neuroscience has a lot to learn from Buddhism - The Atlantic

We need distributed power structures in grad school - Small Pond Science - Some interesting ideas in here on the balance of power between the PI and the student.

How to hold a better class discussion - The Chronicle of Higher Education - "It should have gone well. You crafted provocative discussion questions. You chose compelling and relevant texts. Yet your every attempt to get the students talking fell flat. Question after question was met with a silence that seemed to last hours."

Thoughts on the guidelines about the use of Twitter at academic conferences - Inside Higher Ed

Many wonderful colleges can give students an excellent education, argues Katherine Maloney, as well as provide opportunities for Ph.D. graduates to grow as teachers and scholars. - Inside Higher Ed

Outcome-based graduate school? - The Chronicle of Higher Education - "Graduate school is school, after all. We have to attend to what our students learn from us in graduate school — not just to what they can do for us while they’re there."

QUIT LIT - on leaving academia - Gin and Tacos

SciMeter allows everyone to create their own metric to capture what they personally consider the best possible way of quantifying scientific impact. - Scimeter

A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you - Aeon
 

Graduate Student Success Center

Spring term days and times have been announcement. Drop-ins and appointments start in week 2 of each term at the Graduate Student Success Center in the Memorial Union room 203 (above Javastop.)

Inspiration Dissemination

Featuring OSU graduate students and their work Sunday nights at 6 p.m. on FM 88.7 KBVR or streaming at http://www.orangemedianetwork.com/kbvr_fm/. This Sunday is Vaclav Kuna, CEOAS, with hosts Heather and Maggie. Check out the ID blog for amazing stories about the students featured on the show and podcast!

OSU Events

Dialogue Facilitation Lab Applications. The Office of Institutional Diversity is accepting applications for faculty, staff and graduate students to join the Dialogue Facilitation Lab summer 2019 cohort. The Dialogue Facilitation Lab is a professional learning and exploratory seminar looking to integrate critical dialogue facilitation skills into professional environments. The seminar welcomes faculty, staff and graduate students of all skill and experience levels to explore the philosophy and techniques of critical dialogue facilitation and the potential for implementation in their work at the university. Applications will be accepted until May, 31 by 5 pm. For more information and to apply, please visit the Dialogue Facilitation Lab website. Please direct any questions about the seminar to Brandi Douglas, Assistant Director of Outreach, at Brandi.Douglas@oregonstate.edu.

Taste of Research 2019: The Sensible Science. Memorial Union Ballroom, 3:30 to 8 p.m., May 30, 2019. Current food science graduate students will give flash talks and present infographic posters. The event will highlight current food science and technology research, and provide plenty of opportunities to connect with students and faculty across many departments. There will be heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks, including hand-crafted products from the OSU dairy, winery, and brewery!

Discounted AASHE sustainability conference registration until May 31. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) annual conference (Oct. 27-30 in Spokane, Washington) is the largest stage in North America to exchange effective models, policies, research and transformative actions that advance sustainability in higher education and surrounding communities. Attendees can register for AASHE 2019 by visiting conference.aashe.org.
 
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