Andrew L. DuFresne

@JasonSynaptic @Ford @FordMustang @FordPerformance It's the vanity plate for me. One of these days, I'll be ready to reach out for us to chat about the neuroscience of learning! ... if you're interested, of course

More Utah Fall magic (#NOFILTER) plus gratuitous Shelby pic!

@SueKinMA @ravenscimaven @WPI The ivory tower can get lonely and doesn't have the same impact (a 3rd tower, @WPI?) without a walk in the public square. End the siloes. Learn from each other/other disciplines. #MESH the fields (Math, Engineering, Science, Humanities).

@ravenscimaven I also want to give a shout out to my alma mater @WPI (BSME '96) and their project based curriculum for successfully preparing me. 🐐

When I was a freshman in college, I failed all of my science classes, but my WRITING professor pulled me into his office, sat me down, looked me dead in my face, and told me "Raven, you're going to WRITE your way to one million dollars one day." I never forgot what he said.

@SueKinMA @ravenscimaven Came here for the inclusion of writing and effective communication in STEM ed, and then was even more pleasantly surprised to see a fellow @WPI alum touting the benefits of the project approach and WPI plan. We're long overdue for including comms training/ed in STEM.

@ravenscimaven I am an engineer and 100% of my success and advancement over the last 25 years is because of my writing. It needs to be part of any STEM curriculum!

@ChemistryKit OK, hope to catch you! Charm City (Baltimore) hosted the Grand Prix in 2011. It was fun to see! Having seen it in Montreal, too, I wondered whether any tech used has to change for different style cities/tracks. Thoughts?

@ChemistryKit I've enjoyed your Twitter feed, Dr. Chapman! Any idea which dates you may be in the DC/Baltimore/Arlington region? I'd love the opportunity to get a bite, talk science history and education, and set you up for the night.

@JasonSynaptic Beautiful!

@MentalMarkets Thanks Andrew! I have fond childhood memories of him at our family Christmas gatherings because he lived by the beach.

The reality of COVID hit home today...my grandfather died in South Africa. While he had a good innings of 92, he died in the hospital suddenly and alone (no visitors). No funeral either. A reminder that the rest of the world is far from going back to normal.

Who among us hasn't felt partially refloated every now and then?

@JasonSynaptic @WPI @WpiJagan @LassenNPS Apologies! I didn't do the reading. Uncharacteristic of me.

@MentalMarkets @WPI @WpiJagan @LassenNPS I lived in Boston for 5 years (PD at MIT) 😉 Loved hiking in the White Mountains.

Had a fun "visit" yesterday to @WPI hosted by @WpiJagan! Jagan was complaining that I wasn't posting enough pictures on twitter...so this one is for him, from my OR/CA road trip last year. @LassenNPS

@akilbello Perhaps the most important topics are not just citing problems/changes but positing solutions & analyzing data that inform them. What have we learned from extensive remote learning in terms of resources we need? teaching strategies that work? training we need in place?

Seconded, @ELaserDavies . I still have your fun doodles from working together 7 years ago. You've been making an impact for a while. Proud of you!

Read on for great #scicomm tips that are relevant now & always. Center your audience. Connect. Relate. Fall back on classic tenets of persuasive argument: establish bona fides (& that your aud. is heard), clarify your logic (in THEIR terms!), & show empathy. Ethos, logos, pathos.

OH LOOK, ANOTHER DAY

student with a test soon at the end of our help session: "Alright, I'm pumped! I've got this." Music to my ears. Now I'M pumped for the rest of my office hours! narrator: Andrew is always pumped while helping his students. He's just now EXTRA pumped.

We need to reach those who *don't* already trust the science. Connection, then content. #ScienceForSociety

Ha! Happy birthday, @LizNeeley !

@JasonSynaptic THERE it is! And I find teaching my students, even via Zoom, locks out the anxiety of the times. Then I finish up, hit End Meeting for All, and it rushes back and hits me like a load of bricks. Fun!

Pic(s) of the day #201 - #COVIDー19 Trying to ignore the creeping dread about tomorrow's election...what brings a smile to you face these days?

@JasonSynaptic @Hoosierflyman @CMM_JHU I have no shortage of gaffes hahaha. And no, certainly not all alcohol related haha

@MentalMarkets @Hoosierflyman @CMM_JHU Haha. I also recall someone getting so hammered at the interview weekend that he got kicked out of the rest of weekend!

Most embarrassing thing you've done in science? I thought a gene I was working on was polycistronic. So I go to Seymour and tell him about it. He gave a quizzical look so I explained polycistronic to him. He just said: “yes that’s exactly what I meant when I coined the term.”

@JasonSynaptic @Hoosierflyman @CMM_JHU But we could also throw in there that my attempt to be gracious at a Penn weekend and buying a second bottle of wine for our table of like 10 did NOT go over well after the fact.