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Ask-an-Atheist, sneezing, and much head-shaking.

Atheist students on campus set up an Ask-an-Atheist table, presumably to increase awareness of other religious opinions and give people a chance to see that they won't be drinking the blood of your children anytime soon. Seems pretty straightforward, right? They're not looking to cause trouble, but to spread awareness. And cookies. Consequently my question...

Fri May 8, 2015 22:03
Brief moments in evolution conversations

While discussing the merits and flaws of chimpanzee symbol acquisition studies and whether different evolutionary trajectories have made it biologically easier for bonobos to pick up language skills more readily than the common chimpanzee, one of my students stopped mid-sentence, looked up, and asked "Are there really people who don't think evolution...

Fri May 8, 2015 22:03
The Fallacy of Adjuncts part 1- the short term

In these troubled economic times, more academic departments turn to untenured teaching options as a way to meet staffing needs.  Many R1 investigators are finding it harder and harder to capture grants, which means fewer indirect monies for departments.  Adjuncts, visiting professors, and lecturers (oh my!) are increasingly called upon to take the load...

Fri May 8, 2015 22:03
Work-life balance and the eye of the storm

There seems to be a lot of discussion about balancing (optimizing? streamlining?) careers on this site. Rebecca has a post up, Mike weighed in from the nontraditional guy perspective, and Janet has her usual shiny two cents.  Scicurious and DrugMonkey weighed in too. DM has a whole freakin' carnivale!  I'm sure I'm missing people but I can only hyperlink...

Fri May 8, 2015 22:03
Greetings and Salutations

Got me a brand new blog and lots of space to fill.  Therefore, I am promptly going on vacay with the fam-fam and will be back next week.  Really awesome way to open a new blogging network, I know.

Fri May 8, 2015 22:03

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