Tag: Teaching

“Golden Apple” Outstanding TA Award

I was honoured to receive the Outstanding TA Award for CSS last week. For reasons pictured in the photo below, the award has been come to be known as the “Golden Apple” award. There was a nice luncheon for the TAs from across the departments, where I was proud to find that many of my …

Soil Carbon Controversies in the Classroom

I gave the lecture in our Soil Ecology course today: Soils, Carbon, and Climate Change. It was really fun! I’ve been giving that lecture for a couple of years now, and each year I change the presentation. This year, I introduced “Soil Carbon Controversies” – controversial statements to incite and ignite any cocktail party. Hot …