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Creature comforts; dealing with dinosaurs

Last summer, executives at three of Japan's largest banks decreed that all their offices would be cooled only to 82...

ABCs and Ph.D.s: Changes in attitude -- a personal history

When I was 17, I wrote an essay entitled “Why I do not want to have children.” My seemingly prescient...

Turkey: A Love Story

Actually, the title of the book I’ve been reading this week is The Turkey : An American Story (University of...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is coming at the right time. On campus, every few weeks we get a new bulletin from the state...

Higher ed opportunities -- hi-tech, lo-tech

First, the hi-tech -- a tremendous opportunity for innovative engineering and business schools. I know this isn't going to win...

College Internships With Real Turkeys

Last night I ran into this listing, at the online Jennie-O Turkey Store, for a college internship: This full-time (40...

Boards Gone Wild

This story is both shocking, and not. At one level, it's absurd. The Board of Trustees at the College of...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week offers a welcome break from the treadmill of the semester, which always seems to speed up just before...