| 10 Sep |
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Course introduction  |
| 17 Sep |
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The publication process : Eloquent Science, Ch 1 |
| 24 Sep |
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Writing a paper : Is the scientific paper a fraud? | The write stuff |
| 1 Oct |
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Reviewing a paper : Knuth pg 31-35, Knuth hints, Bernstein 2008, example review |
| 8 Oct |
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Scientific funding and the grant review process : Getting Funded (from Making the Right Moves) |
| 15 Oct |
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Writing a grant : grant tips; advice on NSF proposals; writing analysis plans |
| 22 Oct |
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Writing an abstract : Pearse & Ferguson (2017); six easy steps |
| 29 Oct |
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Giving talks : David Stern on “How to Give a Talk” |
| 5 Nov |
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The 2 min “elevator” speech: How to sell your thesis; Deconstructing the elevator speech |
| 12 Nov |
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Elevator speech practice (see Karl’s example) (Homework 2 due) |
| 19 Nov |
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Preparing and presenting a poster: “Better scientific poster”; Designing research posters  |
| 26 Nov |
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No class |
| 3 Dec |
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Keeping a lab notebook: Ten simple rules; Open notebook science |
| 10 Dec |
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Overcoming unconscious bias: Kolehmainen and Carnes (2018); Pritlove et al. (2019) |