Wordless Wednesday: Sleeping Beauty
Still bringing you Pouched Rat adorableness. Video recorded by M Sellers.
Stories by DNLee
You Should Know: John Edmonstone
Welcome to the fifth installment of You Should Know, where I give my own #ScholarSunday salute to Science Bloggers and Blogs you may not yet know about.
You Should Know: Dr. Fatimah Williams Castro and Beyond the Tenure Track
Welcome to my fourth installment of You Should Know, where I give my own #ScholarSunday salute to Science Bloggers and Blogs you may not yet know about.
Spend a semester in Bermuda studying Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Early experiences can really have a formative impact on a person’s life, even or perhaps especially when it comes to career trajectories.
You Should Know: Dr. Raychelle Burks and thirty-seven
Welcome to my third installment of You Should Know, where I give my own #ScholarSunday salute to Science Bloggers and Blogs you may not yet know about.
Dealing with colleagues who try to throw you under the bus
It’s probably safe to say I’m a veteran at this science, outreach and social media game. I’ve been struggling to keep my own science career game right (publish chica, PUBLISH!), keep my head above water (my finances and these student loans grrrr!), as well as navigate my professional trajectory (what’s next after this post doc?). [...]..
Wordless Wednesday: Research Snapshots 7
Social Interaction observation of African giant pouched rats, Cricetomys ansorgei. The entire size of the social interaction apparatus is about 2 m x 1.25 m and about 60 cm tall.
Wordless Wednesday: Pouched Rat Tasty Treats
I’m sure this translates to Om Nom Nom!
Wordless Wednesday: #BringBackOurDaughters
Two weeks ago over 200 young girls between the ages of 16-18 were re-taking a physics exam in northeast Nigeria were invaded by Boko Haram terrorist.
SEM Link will be at The USA Science Festival in Washington DC
This weekend is the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC. Are you going? I wish I were. I met the founder of this amazing event, Larry Bock in 2010, before the inaugural festival of that same year...
Environment
African-American Civil Rights Groups Finally Embrace Environmentalism
When I started blogging 8 years ago, the blogosphere like a lonely place. I hadn’t yet met another Black Science blogger (and I wouldn’t come across another one for 2.5 years), so when I rolled out the Green Carpet for Earth Day, I felt my voice was puny...
You Should Know: Shareef Jackson
Welcome to my second installment of You Should Know, where I give my own #ScholarSunday salute to Science Bloggers and Blogs you may have been sleeping on.
Wordless Wednesday: Pouched Rat having a treat
This is a video recording of me introducing a new snack to the African Giant Pouched Rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) – fresh pumpkin seeds.
Biology
You Should Know: Dr Caleph Wilson and 1st Generation STEM
The hashtag #ScholarSunday is very much like #FollowFriday or #FF for short. Dr. Raul Pacheco (@RaulPacheco and raulpacheco.org). He created it as a vehicle for academics to engage with each other and alert our Twitter followers to who the intelligent, thought-provoking, and awesome colleagues we follow to keep us on our toes, challenge our assumptions [...]..
Chemistry
Google Doodle Honors Chemist Dr. Percy Julian
April 11, 2014 would have been Dr. Julian Percy’s 115th Birthday and it was a beautiful site to behold – seeing today’s Google Doodle honoring the man and his science.
Go Big Red!! I’m at Cornell and I want to meet you at Yuri’s Night
I mostly dropped some hints on Twitter and Facebook, but now I am officially announcing it: Trumpet blares: I have transferred to Cornell University.
Wordless Wednesday: Research Snapshots 6
I was trying very hard to share some new photos from but I can’t seen to upload any pictures today. I’m missing my rats, actually, so revisiting the photographs of them makes me recall all of their shenanigans...
Wanted: Diverse, Innovative Problem-solvers, Next Generation Scientists
When I departed for college my grandmother told me to join the debate team, because I was always arguing trying to prove a point. She was correct.
The Sciences
A night of science and stars at the Chabot Space & Science Museum with OZY and me
There has been much talk about new media organizations as of late. Whom and which are innovative enough, new enough, dynamic enough? Diverse enough?
Wordless Wednesday: Pouched Rat Research Gif
This is a series of shots of me cleaning this Barnes Maze between behavioral observations of my research subjects, the African Giant Pouched Rat, Cricetomys ansorgei. The diameter of the table or Barnes Maze is 6 feet across, and is nearly feet off of the ground...
