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To Her, With Love
Marilee Lindemann considers the influence a single seminar with Susan Gubar had on her life – and worries that today’s public university students are less likely to meet the mentors who could inspire their intellectual dreams.
PowerPoint Hates Freedom
A few weeks ago, I aired out some thoughts on webinars and their seemingly endemic suckitude. This week, several alert...
From Consuming to Producing
The thing that sticks with me from my Ph.D. program was being told that the difference between an undergraduate and...
The goodness of co-opness
Recent events like the explosion at Upper Big Branch and the BP drilling platform fire in the Gulf show up...
New Digital Tools
Two applications will make the time you spend online more efficient. Scott McLemee catches up with the pace of innovation.
A Brief Breath of Spring
Teresa Mangum sees a few hopeful developments in this year's gloomy job market.
The Dog that Didn't Bark
Mid-April to Mid-May is always the hardest time of year. All of the end-of-year stuff comes to a head at...
ABC's and PhD's: Five minutes
How many five minute intervals have passed me by completely unproductively in my life… I hate to think. (Heck, I’ve...