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- As I saw the Freshers going through the annual orientation rituals, I resisted the urge to resort to the familiar negativity I have come to attach to ...
The Freshers Are Here
Aug. 03 2020 | Tags: Freshers, enthusiasm, academic- Hers was a rather feeble knock on my door but it triggered my usual response. “Come on in.” I belted across the room. She entered the off...
Just One Mark Sir
Aug. 03 2020 | Tags: Marks, Thirty-nine, Pass, fail- Students’ success in academic and career pursuits hinges on academic preparedness provided by lecturers within the constantly changing terrain o...
Please, Sir! I Beg Ooh, Don’t Teach Me New Things
Aug. 03 2020 | Tags: new, enthusiasm, teach- ODE TO THE PROFESSORS IN CHEMISTRY Of teaching and research excellence, obvious evidentiary testimony But you also scaled the nebulous service ...
Ode To the Chemistry Professor
Aug. 04 2020 | Tags: Promotion, students- A life of service steeped in controversy After more than 30 years of loyal and meritorious service marked by many public dissensions with university a...
In Memorium-Soa; A Dirge
Aug. 04 2020 | Tags: Death, Life, Organic Chemistry- Escalating Use of Broken English in Academic Institutions in Ghana The broad encompassing term ‘Broken English’ is used to refer to the co...
Abuse of Broken English
Aug. 04 2020 | Tags: Abuse, Broken English, expression- Requiem for Mr Francis Martin Martin’s death reminded me of my own mortality and had me asking lots of unanswered questions: At what age will I ...
Requiem For Mr Francis Martin
Aug. 04 2020 | Tags: Death, Life, Funeral- KNUST drew the world’s attention on October 22nd 2018 for the wrong reasons when thousands of angry students, presumably, fed up with the admini...
Students’ Message in Their Unrest Was “be Afraid.”
Aug. 07 2020 | Tags: demonstration, unrest, fear- Dear Prof. (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson (RAD): It’s neither disrespect nor impertinence. Neither is it impudence nor insolence that precipitated my...
Dear Rad
Aug. 14 2020 | Tags: women, female, gender, equity- It’s become my annual ritual to use this question as the first statement to my first year Chemistry students in my very first class with them: &...
What Will You Do When You Grow Up
Aug. 20 2020 | Tags: career, choice, job, religion- Every year, in the early portions of my fourth year medicinal chemistry class, I have had to correct a popular misconception that has gained traction ...
Let's Synthesize Our Drugs
Aug. 27 2020 | Tags: Synthesis, Drug, Bioactive, Ingredient- None of the proposals in this piece is an original thought of mine. This specific blog is simply a summary of prevailing thoughts in the extant litera...
Big Science 1/2
Sep. 03 2020 | Tags: Team Science, Bioscience, Health- What am I raving at? In KNUST’s drive to be a research-intensive institution, its sure bet is to dive head first into biomedical “Big Data...
Big Science 2/2
Sep. 03 2020 | Tags: Team Science, Bioscience, Health- Although “gym life” is a microcosm of life in general, it is nevertheless one that is constrained by a restricted milieu and populated by ...
Transactional
Sep. 10 2020 | Tags: Transaction, sex, money- During times that I had exited the lecture halls after a particularly stressful session where students’ attention was fleeting and where their b...
Musings On Academic Influence
Sep. 17 2020 | Tags: Mentor, student, academic, grade- The graduation ceremony was unusually raucous as the VC regaled the congregants with amusing stories of his student’s days that had all attendee...
The Long Walk Home
Sep. 24 2020 | Tags: Jobs, interview, walk, shoes- Use of surveys to explore Ghana’s HM landscape Urban Ghana has experienced recent transformative changes in Herbal Medicine (HM) availabi...
Herbal Medicine 1/4
Oct. 01 2020 | Tags: Herbaal medicine, Survey- HM regulation and the Food and Drug Board (FDB) Earlier blog has highlighted the contemporary HM’s cultural break with the past and has discusse...
Herbal Medicine 2/4
Oct. 01 2020 | Tags: Herbal medicine, Regulation, Policy- Few Facets of HM Science Contemporary HM’s ascent in public healthcare is extraordinary for its breadth and intensity, especially in the area of...
Herbal Medicine 3/4
Oct. 01 2020 | Tags: Herbal Medicine, Science, Research- Concluding Thoughts A re-cap of issues raised in 1 through 3. ********** Substantial transformations in HM presentation in urban Ghana have occurred i...
Herbal Medicine 4/4
Oct. 01 2020 | Tags: Herbal Medicine, Conclusion, Research- What does a man do when the borders of the determinants of his future life outcome are so diffuse that a pragmatic choice between his available altern...
Fellowship
Oct. 08 2020 | Tags: Christian, loan, seminary- HM refers to the non-allopathic use of crude extracts of medicinal plants formulated as teas, powders, creams, tinctures and poultices. Probably no he...
Herbal Medicine Revisited 1/4
Oct. 15 2020 | Tags: Herbaal medicine, Survey- Earlier blogs have examined the use of surveys as research tools to delineate prevalence estimates and to examine its associated demographic variables...
Herbal Medicine Revisited 2/4
Oct. 15 2020 | Tags: Herbal medicine, Regulation, Policy- In this blog, user-centered care outcomes and other pertinent Consumer Satisfaction (CS)-based issues are assessed as potential undercurrent for chang...
Herbal Medicine Revisited 3/4
Oct. 15 2020 | Tags: Herbal Medicine, Conclusion, Research- Knowledge of consumer satisfaction (CS) and analyses of its contributory role in the creation of a vibrant contemporary HM use culture might trigger s...
Herbal Medicine Revisited 4/4
Oct. 15 2020 | Tags: Herbal Medicine, Conclusion, Research- His belated return to his homeland wasn’t supposed to end this way. No! Never! Certainly not with the invocation of the spirit of Ogidigidi, the...
The Final Goodbye 1/3
Dec. 27 2020 | Tags: Goodbye, Burgher, Final- Plans conceived in subterfuge seldom announce itself with fanfare. As the bulk of the titillating bawdiness of his uncle’s secret plans were jus...
The Final Goodbye 2/3
Dec. 27 2020 | Tags: Goodbye, Burgher, Final- A Burgher flush with cash is an impulse-buyer on the loose. And impulsivity of consumers is often associated with financial insolvency. A day before t...