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Unfortunately I don't have time right now to do this justice, but after my post on Friday, I couldn't let Lamar Smith's new bill to remove peer review from NSF go unmentioned. In addition to this ridiculous bill that would undo non-medical science in this country, he's also requested reviews and PO comments for five [...]
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This term I am teaching in Carleton’s “interactive classroom”, more commonly referred to as the Sandbox. This is my first time teaching in this particular classroom, although I’ve admired it from afar since it opened for business in 2011. The classroom is set up for collaboration. It’s a long, narrow room with 8 round tables, [...]
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As I approach the door and reach for the knob, I find that my heart rate has accelerated. Behind me, one of our research nurses cowers a few paces back: she needs to get inside, but – quite understandably – … Continue reading →
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I am happy to announce that I am the Guest Editor, along with Phil Ainslie and Niels Secher, of a Research Topic titled “Cerebral oxygenation in health and disease states“. This great opportunity will permit to bring together the leaders in cerebrovascular physiology around this very interesting topic. Are you interested in contributing to our [...]
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For-profit colleges are very direct about why you should consider attendance: A college degree brings you more money. “We’re committed to your success” says the University of Phoenix. “Advance your career” commands Capella University. Rasmussen College is even more specific: “Earn Your Degree To Achieve The Career You Want.”
Good luck with that. Here’s why many proprietary colleges might really be considered scams: Going there doesn’t […]
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MASTER GARDENERS - SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
The American conquest opened a new market for agricultural products… The period is graphically described in the diary of John Sutter, the great adventurer-agriculturist and first white man to settle the interior, who combined a longing to live in the grand style with an intensely practical passion for farming. …
“I found a good market for my products among the new-comers and the people in the Bay district” Sutter wrote of
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That’s according to a opinion piece at CATO. NCLB, George W. Bush’s signature education initiative, was designed to spur achievement by requiring schools to use standardized testing and instituting sanctions in schools that performed poorly overall (and in subgroups).
At the dedication of George W. Bush’s presidential library President Barack Obama even praised Bush for NCLB, saying that his initiative helped “reform our schools in ways that help every child learn, not […]
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In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real. Google aims to help change the way we see the world with Glass, a transparent video display that rests lightweight in front of your eyes and whispers into your [...]
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By Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie In April, I had the honor of visiting the Congressional offices of my home state Massachusetts to lobby on behalf of science funding. I spent Monday morning tromping between snow drifts off the coast of Maine, … Continue reading →
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Civil and environmental engineering professor Philip Larese-Casanova has had a life-long love affair with metals. In his work in aquatic environmental chemistry, he looks at how metallic pollutants transform and behave in freshwater systems. “I just had an interest in the metals,” he told me in an interview last month. “Maybe it’s because I see [...]
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As you may have noticed, the ‘weekly’ Expiscor missed last week! This is because I have opted to change to Mondays for this blog feature. The start of the week just works better, for a whole suite of reasons that I won’t bore you with! So, you can now look forward to starting your week [...]
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Getting tenure at a teaching university might be harder than getting tenure at a research institution. If you don’t like that concept, then try this similar concept on: what you need to do to get tenure at a teaching-centered institution is far more ambiguous than what you need to do at a research university. One [...]
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‘April is the cruelest month’, the poet T S Eliot tells us. It seems an odd remark to make about spring, especially in this year here in Britain, with spring so late and longed-for. And yet mood disorders, hospital admissions, heart disease, even suicide statistics show a definite peak at this time of year. Cruelty [...]
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Documenting wildflowers with UC Santa Barbara researchers.More on instagram →
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If you've been reading the other computer science blogs, you know that there are some new books out. First is the Golden Ticket, by Lance Fortnow, about the P vs. NP problem. I got sent a review copy; I haven't read it yet, but I'm testing it out by having my oldest daughter read it and tell me what she thinks, and I'll read it along with her. Then there's Quantum Computing since Democritus, which covers complexity theory, quantum computing, cryptography, and a bunch of other […]
