It’s a public holiday here in the US, which means it’s an Open House day on campus, as Admissions brings in a whole herd of high-schoolers to try to convince them to apply and enroll. This messes up the parking even more than usual, and also requires a bit of extra faculty effort to chat… Continue reading Columbus Day Poll: Favorite “Discoverer” of America
Politics of the Professoriate, Again
There are a great many reasons to hate David Horowitz, but near the top of the list has to be the fact that his constant harping on “liberal bias” in academia has spawned a thousand studies of the politics of academics, complete with chin-stroking analysis peices about What It All Means. The latest, from Neil… Continue reading Politics of the Professoriate, Again
Guess the Nobel, Win a Prize
I somehow managed to lose track of time for a bit, and forgot that it was Nobel season until I saw this morning’s announcement that the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine hase just been announced, going to Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies, for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific… Continue reading Guess the Nobel, Win a Prize
links for 2007-10-08
BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Laws & Equipment | Rugby union positions guide A guide to accompany the World Cup (tags: sports rugby) Particle-physics detector warms to forest fires – Physics World – physicsworld.com New spin-off technology from CERN. Clearly, we must build the ILC! (tags: physics experiment gadgets science) Tom Baker Says… Via… Continue reading links for 2007-10-08
Book Report
“Books? I like books!” Here’s the next occasional book progress update:
Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Amos Lee
The title sounds like the opening to a really odd joke, but in fact it was the concert bill last night in Albany. Bob Dylan is touring as always, and Elvis Costello is along doing a solo set, with Amos Lee opening for both. Kate and I went to the show, and it was… unusual.… Continue reading Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Amos Lee
links for 2007-10-07
Cognitive Daily: Casual Fridays: Most citizens don’t pass the citizenship test I aced it, how about you? (tags: politics science US) james_nicoll: Where are the collapsed world-states of SF “Isn’t it a little odd,…, how few SF settings ever seem to have an Earth where a world-government has collapsed into contending states?” (tags: SF) Red… Continue reading links for 2007-10-07
After Faking Her Death to Escape the Potter Fiasco, Hedwig Moved to Japan and Took Night Classes in Psychology…
It’s as good an explanation as any for this:
The Healing Power of Beer
As noted here in the past, I had horrible stomach problems for a good chunk of last year. This was diagnosed as “Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease” or “GERD,” which basically amounts to “Your stomach hurts.” After a number of deeply unsatisfactory appointments with a gastroenterologist, and some tests about which the less said the better, it… Continue reading The Healing Power of Beer
links for 2007-10-06
Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges If you offer college courses to good high-school students, they do better in college. Also, grass tends to be green. (tags: education academia) Improbable Research The 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded. (tags: science… Continue reading links for 2007-10-06