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Impure genius (the best kind)
So I'm struggling with the process of getting my mind around all the aspects of socio-economic sustainability. Lots of good reading, resulting in lots of references to lots more books and articles, some of which will doubtless soon appear in these ramblings.
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Some ideas from the business world translate to academia better than others. At my college, we’re running an experiment with...
How Bates College Proactively Tackles Classroom A/V Failures
A Q&A about how one college prevents A/V failures.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Just Busy Enough
When I was in college I learned a lesson that I seem to have to keep learning, which is that I'm not really happy unless I'm at least somewhat busy. I came to think of it like riding a bicycle -- too slow, and you won't keep your balance and will fall right over; too fast, and the slightest bump in the road becomes a major problem.
Comments of Student Sanctioned for Creating Class-Registration Web Site
Many issues of note are in this story worth teasing out. 1. Do students know and understand behaviors that have...
UCLA's ANNA NICOLE SMITH
Quietly the UCLA newspaper notes, a few days after it hit the Associated Press, the Harvey/Bystritsky story. Campus newspapers aren't set up to cover big breaking stories (do you follow Penn State events in the Daily Collegian?), so as this one develops (and it will develop), the Daily Bruin will be worth checking mainly for local comments and letters about a lawsuit against a UCLA professor and the UC Board of Regents that has the potential to be a very big story. Not, say, Anna Nicole Smith big, but big.
What Charles J. Wheelan Knows: 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said
An interview with Charles Wheelan on his unlikely advice to graduates.
How to Find the Right Lab Rotation
Some of you reading this will be starting graduate school this coming fall. Congratulations! You are just beginning what will be one of the most difficult and rewarding processes of your life. Those of you going into PhD programs will likely do rotations in various labs during your first year before settling in lab where you will do your thesis research. Choosing this laboratory is extremely important as you will end up spending more time with these people than your family and establishing good working conditions is critical to finishing your dissertation in a timely fashion.