This letter appeared last September on The Scientist. The fact that becoming an independent researcher takes upwards of 15years is just too long for me. Furthermore, being in research for almost a decade (undergrad, graduate, 1 yr postdoc), I have noticed that funding favors medical researchers. I[...]
Posts Tagged ‘budget’
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:11 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
How NIH Funding Effects Science As a Career
July 26th, 2012 - 9:43 am § in America
Detroit
Last year I visited this same place. I was in Ann Arbor to celebrate a bat mitzvah but spent as much free time as coud “seeing Detroit.” In the past, the death of an American city have beem translated into iconic works by Capa, Smith, Frank, or their modern equivalents working for [...]
Lessons from UV for UW
“What Terry Sullivan’s Reinstatement at U. Va Really Tells Us about the Future of Higher Ed Does the reappointment of University of Virginia’s president mark a triumph over corporate interests? Or is it more proof that public universities are headed for demise?” By Aaron Bady [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Obama’s lead depends on the battle of the Bayesians
Nate Silver on the 2012 Campaign Mr. Obama remains slightly ahead of Mr. Romney in most national polls, and he has had a somewhat clearer advantage in polling conducted at the state level. Mr. Obama would be about 80 percent likely to win an election held today, according to the model. However, the [...]
A CPA Looks at the UW Athletic Department
I attended last Saturday’s Republican caucus to support Rick Santorum. As a follower of Jefferson, I believe wer need two real parties. It time the Republican Party run an hoest candidate. I will write more about this later …now I want to discuss the Huskies. At that SaturdayR[...]
February 27th, 2012 - 7:24 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Unions vs Teacher: Who is the bad guy?
Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel by Bill Lyne An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Lindquist on teachers’ unions and K-12 schools. Here at the blog, we have a har[...]
February 26th, 2012 - 10:51 pm § in America
Red State Malaise
The once-booming South, which entered the recession with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, is now struggling with some of the highest rates, recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. Several Southern states — including South Carolina, whose 11.1 percent unemployment rate is t[...]
February 22nd, 2012 - 10:12 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
German Court Rules Increased Pay for Starting Faculty
Germany’s highest court has ruled that starting professors in Germany should be paid more in the future, arguing that the current system of performance-based salaries is unconstitutional. Editorialists at German papers warn the decision could prove expensive for the country’s states. R[...]
February 14th, 2012 - 11:57 pm § in Politics
Economics From Kenya
Inflation dropped to 18.31 per cent from 18.93 per cent recorded in December after hitting a high of 19.72 per cent in November, a drop mainly attributed to transport and communication sectors, with food yet to make any significant dent on the key economic indicator.”Our forecasts indicate tha[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Oops, CNN and Fox Report that Supreme Court Strikes DOWN Obamacare
FOX and CNN announce the the SCOTUS has dumped Obamacare: The TeaPart joined the rush to victory: Of course, they were WRONG! Here is the full text. Fox, of course, is now spinning madly, trying to paint the decision as a defeat for the Affordable Health Act. THE-Ave editor on the other hand, is q[...]