Category Archives: academic life

AGU? Bah, humbug

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Anyone who has noticed my latest Nature column will be aware that I have had to forgo the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco for yet another year. I suppose I can feel virtuous about not ramping up my already … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, ranting

Pay Attention!

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I have to make a troubling admission: when it comes to gender issues in academia, my internal monologue has often been rather silent. What is more, until relatively recently, I didn’t see this as a problem: given that a person’s … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life

The day my world stood still

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Error lies at the heart of science; but there are a number of different kinds of “wrong”. An error in hindsight, where a past hypothesis of yours – perfectly reasonable at the time – is disproven by more accurate or … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life

At least one University department likes blogging, then

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Janet is about to submit her tenure dossier, a three ring binder which simultaneously manages to look imposingly thick and yet a rather flimsy thing on which to hang your academic destiny. It also has an interesting addition: a section … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life