#Faculty

Shengwu Li

ShengwuLi

Thoughts on learning to "fail fast" in research. When you have a new idea, and the project is worthwhile only if P, then you need to check P first, not

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

So, by now lots of people have seen this tweet about my award. Thanks to everyone for the congrats. I have a story to situate this award and what it

#fundCUNYorstrike! Rank and File Action

RanknFileAction

In a little more than one week, almost 800 faculty signed onto our pledge to withhold grades. Although this is far less than the 70% of CUNY faculty needed to

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

ParveenKaswan

Let me tell you something. Wild animals must not be fed. Even before lock-down they were not buying those sugar coated biscuits from supermarkets.They lose wild faculty. They become dependent.

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Dear white professors: stop telling your junior colleagues what to avoid putting in diversity statements on job applications. If they are so incompetent, that they don't know not to say

Philip Loring

ConserveChange

Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, post-docs at University of Guelph vote on whether to unionize. Post-docs are a hugely important part of academia, so here is a short thread on why

Lawrence Uricchio

LawUricchio

Have you ever had your academic job talk become the inspiration for a tweet-thread on how not to give job talks? IIII haaaave. I also butchered basic stats terminology, wrote

Edward Butler

EPButler

Porphyry’s Sententiae, trans. Thomas Taylor http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/porphyry_sententiae_02_trans.htm 8: “That which nature binds, nature also dissolves: and that which the soul binds, the soul likewise dissolves.” ‘Binds

Nathan C. Hall

prof_nch

In response to a few recent questions from @Edumcgill graduate students about job-related issues, I just wanted to post a few links related to seeking out employment after graduation (mainly

Women in Statistics and Data Science

WomenInStat

IS A (BIO)STAT PHD RIGHT FOR ME?Prospective students ask me this several times a year. It’s a tough one. I am super enthusiastic about stat and data science careers. It’s

Deign Frolley

deignfrolleys

Currently writing my letter which would allow me (if endorsed) to give a PASS grade to my students. In the department meeting that we had yesterday (which made me cry

Sebastián Martínez Valdivia

sebastiansings

Whitt says the athletics department shared anecdotal data of students congregating after getting negative test results, and then spreading it to each other. He also targets saliva based tests (like

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) Good morning, it's time to correct more information about English and history, courtesy of this latest George Will column in the Washington Post. Will is engaged in misinformation and

Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜

DGTam86

I am devastated to see what is happening to my alma mater @IUPedu, a terrific, teaching-centered institute of higher education that serves, in particular, rural Pennsylvanians. Departments cut, others "retrenched,"

Stacey Lowery Bretz

SLBCER

Gave my first open note, open book exam. Will do so again, even post COVID. No proctoring software bc aggravates inequities & further marginalizes students, especially those w/different identities at

Gabrielle Hecht

GabrielleHecht

Black grad students @Stanford offer a powerful analysis of the university's response to #BLM concerns and its weird reluctance to departmentalize African and African American Studies. Some highlights... 1/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2