By Rosemarie Emanuele. I often propose that studying Mathematics is, in many ways, the process of learning a new language. It gives the student a new way of speaking about the world, and a precise way of making their thoughts known. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. I love teaching Multivariate Calculus for many reasons. It is the piece of math that most reflects my training as an economist, is the area that is most open to bringing up topics relating to economics, and is, in fact, the area that allows me to teach undergraduate students techniques I learned in my Ph.D. program. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. While I know that my daughter will probably not become an economist someday, I found myself teaching her some important concepts in theoretical and empirical economics recently. She sought to compare prices of goods in two different stores, and I was there to help her find products that could be honestly compared. Read more...
By Barbara Fister. It’s always inspiring to learn about new research from scholars who share their discoveries with excitement and passion at the best conferences. I had this experience last week. What was unusual was that the researchers were students just a few weeks into their first college semester. And the venue was a great urban park. Read more...
By Donna Lehmann. I sometimes feel this way as a communications professional thinking about the vast stores of knowledge and expertise held in each of our institutions. Each lab and seminar, each scientist, philosopher, student, and alum is teeming with tantalizing content, and accessing it should be as effortless as scooping it up into one’s cupped hands. More...
By Julie R. Enszer. The year of my failure, as I have come to think of it, is shaping up quite well. If that sentence seems contradictory, let me explain. I am in the midst of the year of my failure because I do not have an academic job. I failed to secure academic employment for the entire year. It is, therefore, the year of my failure. More...
By Itir Toksöz. As summer draws to a close, here I am sitting on the balcony of a small hotel on the Greek island of Lesvos, facing the Aegean Sea. At 10:30 am, on this end of the summer day, despite the thunderstorms that hit the region a few days ago, the weather is so hot that I sit in my bathing suit. More...
By Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe. Rhodes Scholarship selection committees occasionally open interviews with the question, “What is the world’s fight?” Since I entered the realm of fellowship advising, I make a point of asking myself the same question on a regular basis. More...
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. A little more than two years ago, I wrote a post in this space about our family getting a dog and what that meant to me both personally and professionally. More...
By John Warner. Obvious, no doubt, but sometimes I need reminding of the obvious.
As I type I am flying home from my first ever mid-semester vacation. Read more...
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