Filter & Sort
Last week I saw another iteration of something I still don't really understand. People who are perfectly civil in person...
PROFESSOR MEETS GUN, Part 9: Suck My Glock
UD got a cab ride to the Chantilly, Virginia gun show last weekend with her taxi driver friend, G. No...
ABCs and PhDs: Summer Camp for Biologists
For the last month, my family and I have been living at the Friday Harbor Laboratories, run by the University...
Lucy in Disguise
Three years ago, an undercover agent in Maryland spied on activists. Scott McLemee finds her description in a sociologist's article from 1974.
We are not alone
When it comes time to create a campus sustainability plan, I'm not expecting to be able to limit my thinking...
Wanted: Leaders Who Produce
College presidents and trustees must step up if American higher education is to meet the productivity and affordability challenges ahead, writes Larry A. Isaak.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Re-Entry #2
It took the better part of a week, but I think I'm over the jet lag now. The laundry is...
On Writing in Public
As a rule, I don't write in public. It's too exposed, a little pretentious, and just not me. Besides, when...