Scientiae Carnival
December Scientiae Reminder
0 comments Published by Alyssa on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:28 AMJust a reminder to get your December Scientiae posts in by the 15th! As always, e-mail a permalink to your submission to scientiaecarnival [at] gmail [dt] com.
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December Scientiae: Call For Posts
3 comments Published by Alyssa on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7:00 AMSometimes we lose track of why we got into science. But, at some point, I'm sure we all had grandiose dreams of all the things we were going to accomplish as scientists. Sure, those goals may have changed as we evolved from naive and idealistic undergraduate students to where we are now, but surely there's some big idea that's pushing us, even in the distant background.
So, what is your ultimate career goal? Do you want to win the Nobel Prize? Cure cancer? Build a better mouse trap? What is it that you want to be remembered for career-wise?
Feel free to submit variations on the theme or anything else you find appropriate. Please e-mail a permalink to your submission to scientiaecarnival [at] gmail [dt] com by 5pm Eastern Time on December 15th, so the carnival can be posted in time for the holidays!
Posted by Alyssa
Labels: call for posts
Dear All,
I'll be hosting the September Scientiae Carnival over at My Middle Years. The theme for this month is:
It has been a busy year for everyone and, until we figure out how to be in more than one place at once, there will always be a place where we can't be. We even decided to move Scientiae to a quarterly timetable so we don't stress about all the carnival posts we do not have time to write. So where have you been? Where do you wish you were? Where are you not?
Feel free to submit variations on the theme or anything else you find appropriate. Please e-mail a permalink to your submission to scientiaecarnival [at] gmail [dt] com by midnight on September 25th. The carnival should be posted by September 30th.
-Patchi
Posted by Patchi
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Call for posts: June Carnival
1 comments Published by Scientiae webspinner on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 5:44 PMPosted by Scientiae webspinner
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LAST CALL FOR MARCH CARNIVAL
0 comments Published by Scientiae webspinner on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8:01 AMHello everyone,
A last call for posts on the theme of 'Change is the only constant' (or any other topic) for the Scientiae carnival in March - send them in by Monday 20th March to scientiaecarnival@gmail.com!
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I'd like to encourage lots and lots of posts, so I'm going for a pretty general topic. A truism widely used in one of the fields my research area touches on (way to be vague?) is:
Change is the only constant
and I would like to invite posts on that theme. You might write about changes in your discipline (or in a discipline you like reading about!) since you first began studying it, or about changes in yourself since you began studying science/got your current job/since some arbitrary and personal date. What about changes in the experiences of women in science and as scientists? For example, I'm in my early 40s - and I really wish I'd ignored the advice at school and as an undergrad to not learn to touch-type. Women were told NOT to learn to type because 'you'll end up being treated like a secretary and expected to type up everyone's papers' - nowadays with word processors all academics pretty much do their own typing, and I would love to be able to type correctly (but have been typing badly long enough that I do it quickly and have failed in all attempts so far to unlearn and relearn. Maybe I should try a DVORAK keyboard?).
If you're really busy, why not identify an old post that fits the theme, and submit that? Or submit any piece of writing on your blog which you're proud of, carnivals thrive on variety!
Email your links to the scientiae carnival gmail address at scientiaecarnival@gmail.com or in comments here or at the scientiae blog
Posted by JaneB
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Call for November posts
0 comments Published by EcoGeoFemme on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10:22 PMDay after day on our blogs, we all write about the trials and triumphs of life in science. The guilt, the frustrations, the jackasses. And the gratification, sense of importance, the pride. But when you boil it all down, I wonder,
What is the best part of your job/life as a scientist, and what is the worst part?
How do these things motivate you? Do the good parts function as a carrot and the bad parts a stick? Or are the bad parts simply something you endure knowing that no job is perfect?
As always, women and men both are encouraged to post for the carnival. Of course if this theme don't leave you inspired, feel free to write about something else too. And if you have something you'd like to share but you don't have a blog, I'll consider guest posts on my blog. Get your posts in by midnight (American Samoa time) on October 31. I'll try to have the carnival post up by Wednesday, November 3. Submit your posts in the usual way.
Posted by EcoGeoFemme
Labels: call for posts, theme announcement
If you still want to write about your favorite science toys and tools, it's not too late! I'm extending the deadline to 11:59 pm on September 1. Please submit! The original call for posts and the instructions for how to contribute can be found here or here.
I plan to have the carnival posted by Monday, September 6. Stay tuned!
Posted by Karina
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If you are interested in writing about your favorite gizmos and gadgets as a scientist, please contribute to Scientiae Carnival! I am hosting for September, and you can find the original call for posts here. Anyone is welcome to contribute a post (or a comment or email if you don’t have a blog of your own). To submit posts to the carnival, please email the permalink URL of your post to scientiaecarnival [a] gmail [dt] com.
The deadline is Monday, August 30, 11:59 pm. Keep 'em coming!
Posted by Karina
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September Scientiae: Call for posts!
0 comments Published by Karina on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Posted by Karina
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Just a reminder to get your posts in for the August Scientiae! The deadline is 11:59 pm GMT on Friday, July 30th.
The original call for posts can be found here.
Posted by Alyssa
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Call for Posts: August Scientiae
0 comments Published by Alyssa on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 3:23 PMSummer is a great time to look back on the past year and reflect - or to look forward to the goals for the next year. Last May's carnival, hosted by Endless Possibilities v2.0, had us put together a time capsule of what was going on in our lives during the spring of 2009.
Well, here's a good chance to look back - and forward! If you took part in the May 2009 Scientiae, have a look at your time capsule. What have you accomplished in that time? Are you where you thought you would be over a year ago? If you didn't take part, can you remember what your goals were for the 2009/2010 year? How far have you come since then?
Now the fun part - what is going on in your life right now? What will be happening in six months or a year from now? What are your goals? Are you looking forward to the next year, or dreading it?
Feel free to interpret this in whatever way you'd like - you could do a bullet list of everything, or a snap shot of the more important things going on, or share an anecdote that will allow you to remember the summer of 2010.
Of course, posts on any topic related to women in science will also be accepted! Please submit your post by emailing the permalink URL of your post to scientiaecarnival [a] gmail [dt] com by 11:59 pm GMT on Friday, July 30th. The carnival will be posted on August 1st.
Posted by Alyssa
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Reminder: call for posts
0 comments Published by Scientiae webspinner on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 5:28 AMHello! Just a reminder of the call for posts for the July Scientiae Carnival, on the theme of 'Fantasy Institute' (or of course any other relevant topic).
The academic blogosphere is often resounding with complaints about the brokenness of the system, and discussions of the challenges and sometimes outright hostility faced in building a scientific career. This carnival is a chance to make some positive suggestions of how we might make things better.
Why not take some time this weekend to come up with some suggestions? Silly, extreme or serious, fantasy institute can incorporate them all (personally, I favour an ice-cream fridge and a "no-assholes" hiring policy...). I look forward to hearing your brilliant ideas!
Posted by Scientiae webspinner
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Call for posts for July scientiae
0 comments Published by Scientiae webspinner on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 3:31 AMHello, I'm JaneB and I blog over at 'Now, what was I doing?'. And this month I get to host the Scientiae Carnival!
Summer is a good time for day-dreaming and thinking Big Thoughts, free from (some of) the stream of student enquiries, emails and phone calls that disrupt our time during the semester. So for this carnival, I thought it would be fun to revive an old game we played in my grad-lab, 'Fantasy Institute'. The rules of the game are simple - you have been selected as the Director of a newly endowed research institute. It is your job to decide where the institute will be based, its codes of conduct, its structure, and who you will hire.
Dream away! Tell us what would make your institute a haven for scientists. A 'everyone must leave by 5pm' rule? A woodland setting with squirrel feeders? Daily shipments from your favourite supplier?
Please submit posts on this, or any topic related to women in science (or making the world of science a better place to work), by emailing the permalink URL of your post to scientiaecarnival [a] gmail [dt] com by 11:59 pm GMT on Wednesday, June 30th. The carnival will be posted by July 1st.
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Extended deadline for June Carnival
0 comments Published by Scientiae webspinner on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 9:16 PMSome wonderfully awesome posts are rolling in near the end here! As it's an American holiday today and people are probably doing some hardcore celebrating (which we'll totally want to hear about), I figure I'll allow a one day extension to make sure we catch everybody and we'll keep the party going.
To submit a post for the Scientiae Carnival, please email the permalink URL of your post to scientiaecarnival [a] gmail [dt] com by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, June 1.
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May Scientiae: Call for Posts
0 comments Published by Patchi on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 4:36 PMI'll be hosting the May Scientiae Carnival over at My Middle Years. The theme for this month is:
What are the current bumps in your road? Have you managed to get over a major hump recently? Are you facing an extremely bumpy road at the moment? Or do you just like to go bump! bump! on a seven hump Wump?
Feel free to submit variations on the theme or anything else you find appropriate. Please e-mail a permalink to your submission to scientiaecarnival [at] gmail [dt] com by midnight on April 30th. The carnival should be posted by May 4th.
-Patchi
Posted by Patchi
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Extended deadline for April carnival
0 comments Published by biochem belle on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 9:31 PMIt seems for March has been a ridiculously busy month for everyone I know-in real life and in the blogosphere, myself included. Where did this month go?!?! In light of the current level of submissions (not to mention the realization that trying to put together the Carnival and post it by mid-week), I am extending the deadline for April's submissions to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 3. This month's theme is sustainability in science, but feel free to submit other posts, as well. Thanks to everyone who has submitted already!
Posted by biochem belle
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