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Greg Crowther
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Biology instructor at Everett Community College (WA). Developer of better LO-linked exams. Married to @loggyleila.bsky.social. Father of 3 boys. Favorite colors red (Rutland HS, EvCC) and purple (Williams, UW).
https://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/
The cursor was present for the high jump as well.
August 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Well done, Napa Auto Parts of Pullman, WA!
July 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New "data" from my human physiology class.... In response to the test question below, three students wrote "eww!", one wrote "yikes!", one wrote "Danny needs a new team." The other 17 didn't comment on the disgusting premise.
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My approach to pop culture and humor in biology class, as summarized in one exam question....
June 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm sure that the question below (from my last Human Physiology exam) represents the peak of SOMETHING, though not necessarily the peak of great teaching.
May 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Do zoom addresses, like eukaryotic RNA sequences, gain stability from a poly-A tail?
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I wasn't able to attend this session, but I got some vicarious pleasure in knowing that these comparative anatomy talks were delivered. #Anatomy25
April 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Here in Portland for the @anatomyorg.bsky.social annual meeting #Anatomy25, it was nice to get a free physical copy of the last special issue of @asejournal.bsky.social. Thanks to ASE editor @organjm.bsky.social for chatting!
March 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's time for episode 72 of "Greg was up all night and got tired of writing exam questions." From today's physiology test makeup/retake...
March 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I thought this was a pretty good ad-libbed line from the start of my Human Anatomy lecture on blood.
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The blueberry pancake model of an ovary. Notice the ruptured follicle at the bottom.
February 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Seen on the whiteboard this morning. Evidence of a student practicing the spelling of cranial nerves I-VI? Or evidence of old-school punishment for previous misspellings?
February 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
From my answer key to today's Human Physiology exam. It's possible that the Seattle winter is starting to get to me.
February 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the New York Times, David Wallace-Wells on RFK's confirmation hearing: "...It’s quite a grim and antisocial message to get from the prospective leader of America’s public health apparatus: Your health is your responsibility." [full quote below and in alt text]
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
January 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wonder how long it will take for the NSF to review its $9 billion budget.
January 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Continuing a tradition that we started in 2019, here's Leila Zelnick ending her @uwnephrology.bsky.social Renal Grand Grounds talk with a musical recap written by me -- this one based on "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds from the movie The Breakfast Club (1985).
January 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Remember, instructors, this is what happens when your students don't quite understand what you want from them. Happy MLK Weekend!
January 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The 6yo and the 7yo watched "Home Alone" and our stairs have looked like this ever since.
December 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The holiday cards I've seen this year are lovely, but seem to be going the way of figures in elite science journals: many many tiny sub-parts. Who are those revelers in panel G? I can't quite make out the faces....
December 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Fun with multiple-choice distractors, part 13 (from today's human physiology exam).
December 4, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I hate it when @trader-joes.bsky.social gets political with its Advent calendars.
December 1, 2024 at 3:18 AM
How poor has my work-life balance been this fall?

Today -- Thanksgiving Day in the USA -- I wrote and sent 20 work emails.

Hoping to get that down to 0 next year.
November 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Sometimes I get a bit silly with the titles of the Canvas announcements to my students.
November 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Continuing my test-writing tradition to alleviate the misery with joke answers that I find amusing (my students may disagree).
November 22, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Today in anatomy class, when asked to identify structure G in the image below (a superior view of a transverse section of the abdominal cavity), a student made us all smile by saying, "I know this is wrong, but it really looks a lot like a mitochondrion!"
November 21, 2024 at 8:35 PM