Some announcements and suggestions from Alexis, your friendly ITF:

Become an author on this site! If you haven’t already done so, please take the time to fill out this Google form so that you can be added to this site as an author. It won’t take long and it’s essential to your coursework in Science Forward! Access the form here: http://goo.gl/forms/WtnN9uuYJz.

Canceled: ITF office hours for Thursday, Oct. 8. Please email me to make an appointment for next week’s office hours on Monday or Thursday afternoons: acarrozza@gradcenter.cuny.edu. 

Why not visit Prof. Branco during office hours? Students tend to avoid office hours because it’s not clear what they should do or ask during office hours. The University of Michigan put together a great list of reasons for attending office hours along with some practical tips: Top 5 Reasons to Use Office Hours & Tips for Using the Time Effectively

“I was swept into some kind of floating trash vortex in the middle of the ocean.” Given the current course topic of ocean garbage patches, check out this clip from the television show Review on Comedy Central in which one man reviews life, one task at a time. Watch Forrest Macneil (played by the hilarious Andy Daly) encounter a garbage patch when asked to review “spending alone time in a rowboat.”