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(Disclaimer: as I understand it, the Federal stimulus package is run through the states, so each state's version of this...

While on sabbatical and spending more time with my kids, my thirteen year-old daughter, Katie, has opted to spend evenings...

OK, so it's Earth Day, and Greenback had some events, and the community of Backboro is having some events, and...

I just came across this new NSF-supported event organized by the University of Washington ADVANCE center for institutional change: “On-ramps...

(After the last few days, it's nice to focus on something else again.) I just finished another go-round of policy...

Thank you to all the supportive readers who left comments or sent emails after yesterday's post.I'm surprised to discover how...

Lately I find myself wearing several hats. I’m chairing a committee to look into our first-year curriculum, for example, at...

Last week, the EPA finally came to the scientifically obvious conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants worthy of regulation. That's...