#Academia

This is reminder #495502 that the GRE, a test that tests whether you know how to take the test, predicts absolutely nothing about your future.And the push to achieve some
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Re: Gender-neutral pronouns alternatives for WL.Now that I'm seeing this post gain some interest, in light of offering more context, I'm opening another vulnerable thread for my #langchat peepshttps://twitter.com/AbelardoAlmazan/sta
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Imagine being a Professor and a Top Scientist with a PhD in Physics and a journalist refers to you on a first name basis like you are mates. I would
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1/ Good morning friends, colleagues,& random tweeps!Tomorrow is the virtual graduate school award ceremony @Georgetown!A bunch of wonderful friends & mentors got nominated for some awards & I want to
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I've seen people say 2020 vindicates Peter Turchin. I disagree. Here's his 2010 article that people cite. He doesn't tell you what the DV is, what kind of "violence" we'll
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I'd like to talk about the value and innovation of social media use, particularly by black/African scholars, especially women. For me, decolonisation = innovation and I turned to social media
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Let's talk about vaping/smoking relative risk statements in Canada. Why they are forbidden. How they were almost permitted and then disappeared, and why I think @PattyHajdu and @GovCanHealth are looking
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For those of you who had/are now having a difficult time in grad school, what support was/is lacking? If you don't feel comfortable posting from your handle, PM me, I
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Anatomy of Disinformation (Academic, small-scale ecosystem style) A Long, long Thread. 1/ I have mostly been away from Twitter this week b/c personal/family/work stuff including looming work deadlines, end of
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Survived another ASHG plenary talk :)In case you missed it, I presented results on behalf of @Regeneron from a trans-ancestry #COVID19 meta-analysis of common and rare variants + gene burden
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THREAD on the deeper strategy behind the anonymous paper:A careful read made me realize that the paper, while done poorly in many ways, actually represents quite a sophisticated attempt to
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I really apologize if I freaked students out by describing my experience and offering suggestions. I had two goals: candor about time inputs needed to pass prelims, and a discussion
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anime recommendations to keep u sane in this quarantine:- A THREAD - 1. 3D Kanojo - 2 Seasons2. 7 Deadly Sins - 3 Seasons3. Akame ga Kill4. Akatsuki no Yona5.
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Cela fait presque deux mois que je suis actif sur Twitter et il est peut-être temps de me présenter un peu, surtout pour les nouveaux abonnés Voici donc quelques petites
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1/ In the wake of the NYT article on Robinson, I got emails asking how to feminize history of econ reads & teaching. I didn’t find any online reference list
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