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Tackling Climate Change through Higher Education in Southern Africa
Africa is the continent that is the most vulnerable to climate change. The reasons are many and include widespread poverty...
The Information Cage
The Information Cage TECHNOLOGY | October 23, 2010 Marketers Can Glean Private Data on Facebook This issue of targeted advertising...
The Tenure-Track Position: No Longer the Brass Ring?
As I write this, my husband and I are currently spending quality time together; I am writing this blog post...
An Amazon Digital Book Rental Plan?
How much would you pay for a monthly subscription to Amazon's digital book content? Writing in this month's Wired, Chris...
It's all that
Sometimes (last week jumps immediately to mind), life can get overwhelming. For me, the trigger is usually the job. I...
Over the Shoulder
Recently I attended a lecture where the audience included a significant number of high school students. One of our most...
On the Military
I was surprised by some of the comments on last week’s post. First, as the fond aunt of two terrific...
An Unspoken Threat
I am not the kind of person who feels uncomfortable about confrontations. I don’t go looking for them, but I...