By Danielle Marias. This summer I attended a conference and, for the first time, I feel that I fully experienced and benefitted from the conference. It seems widely understood that conferences can feel overwhelming or intimidating--networking, socializing, navigating a new place, sharing your research, and interacting with esteemed researchers can seem daunting. Read more...
By Heather VanMouwerik. “There is no earthly way of knowing,” muses Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, “in which direction we are going. Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing?” While hurling through the darkness with ever-quickening images streaking across the walls of the tunnel, Wonka’s voice reaches a fevered pitch, something bordering on terror and ecstasy. Read more...
By Anjali Gopal. A couple of times a week, I need to perform an experiment where I apply voltage across a hydrogel and douse it with UV light. Read more...
By Matt Reed. Anyone remember Keynesianism?
Bueller? Anyone?
Sigh.
At its core, Keynesianism was a branch of macroeconomics that assumed that recessions or depressions were caused by periodic and inevitable dips in demand, and that governments could deliberately adjust their spending to counteract those dips. More...
By Matt Reed. Many years ago, I used to teach a debate class. It quickly became my second-favorite course to teach -- after American Government -- because I never had to spend much time on “when will I use this?” I’d tell students that at some point, they’d have to argue with their bosses about paying for something expensive, whether it was a piece of equipment, a conference, or whatever. More...
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