I just finished writing a grant proposal which, while I spent more time on it than I wanted, I had purposely left not much time for it. I do tend to spend as much time as I give myself on things, which is why I like teaching in the morning and not preparing for lecture [...]
July 18, 2011
Responsibility for versus responsibility to
I received some advice from an established biochemist via a friend in regards to the stress related to advising graduate students. See, of the new tasks in the past year, graduate advising has been the most stressful for me. I feel this weight of a person’s career in my hands. What if I pick the [...]
July 15, 2011
FSM is from OSU
So, when you arrive to Oregon State, in the spirit of, well, school spirit, you’re told of all the things that OSU is known for. The marionberry, a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry and delicious, was cultivated here and the modern maraschino cherry developed here, too. Two-time nobelist, Linus Pauling graduated from OSU. [...]
July 3, 2011
Conversations with other theoretical computer scientists
Claire Mathieu caught me on IM a few weeks ago – she was in the middle of a discussing a quote with Valerie King by Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, at Barnard College’s commencement. You can read our discussion on Claire’s much-more-prolific-than-mine blog. I’m not sure at what point it became clear that this discussion would [...]