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A note in support of Professor Chris Jackson

I wrote this piece in support of Professor Chris Jackson, especially as I was asked to provide the journalist Tosin Thompson some copy for…

Oct 19, 2022

A note in support of Professor Chris Jackson

Oct 19, 2022

Promotion Commotion

So I have just received the formal letter from the UBC President, President Benoit-Antoine Bacon, that I have been promoted from Associate…

Oct 16

Promotion Commotion

Oct 16

Seeing More @ UBC

One of the challenges we have in Materials Engineering is to view, and ultimately understand, the structure of our materials. Typically…

Sep 23

Seeing More @ UBC

Sep 23

Why Nuclear Power is Part of the Answer for the Climate Crisis

My colleague, Dr. M.V. Ramana, has released a press release via the University of British Columbia (UBC) in light of his new book. If you…

Jul 31

Why Nuclear Power is Part of the Answer for the Climate Crisis

Jul 31

Graduate Student Housing

Today we are going to look at Grad Student Housing — a topic that has risen on my agenda/interest now that I am a member of the UBC Senate…

Oct 22, 2023

Graduate Student Housing

Oct 22, 2023

Update: TMS letter re: Hosting Conferences in Florida

There have been some developments following engagement like mine (and many others) and there is now a “Joint Statement by The Minerals…

May 30, 2023

Update: TMS letter re: Hosting Conferences in Florida

May 30, 2023

Hosting Conferences in Florida — TMS 2024

As you may be aware, the US can be united in providing freedom right now, but there is certainly something quite heterogenous about the…

May 16, 2023

Hosting Conferences in Florida — TMS 2024

May 16, 2023

Social Media / Privacy / Mastodon Mining

Hopefully a quick one to reflect on something that happened over on https://sciencemastodon.com/explore today and highlights some of the…

Nov 23, 2022

Toot containing the network graph that highlights user membership of science mastodon, and the message of excitement about what it contains from the instance admin

Nov 23, 2022

The Fishy State of Research Impact Reporting in UK Higher Education

If you are on social media presently, you might be aware that there is a storm brewing about Research Fish, which traces itself in part due…

Mar 21, 2022

The Fishy State of Research Impact Reporting in UK Higher Education

Mar 21, 2022

What we call each other — professional titles in academia

Professional titles are not used equally in academia, specifically women and other minoritized academics are often stripped of their…

Mar 9, 2022

What we call each other — professional titles in academia

Mar 9, 2022

Dr Ben Britton

Dr Ben Britton

Atomic sorcerer, based at UBC (Canada). Plays with metals. Discusses academic life. Swooshes down ski slopes. Pegs it round parks. (Views my own)

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