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#academia

Ray Christian joined the U.S. Army in 1978 as a means to start his life. He became a paratrooper, an infantryman, and a drill sergeant.

In between these pathetic signals, a shot or two of the dog, a child, a gorgeous day framed neatly-no, perfectly-like an online advert.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

We're like people on the Titanic saying our ship can't sink. And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can't sink.

The point of doctorates is about how you make a contribution to learning. That's the point of it. And if you're doing a doctorate, that's saying the same thing or using the same data sets or the same research part ... that's a problem.

"Horowitz was born, I would estimate, sometime during World War II. He probably grew up somewhere within ten miles of Morningside Heights."

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 6, 2025, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Gloria Ferrari Pinney was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

Before you go, could you use your tenured position to advocate for others at the institution who have less power? Graduate students organizing a union could always use more support from faculty.

The resolution comes as a result of recent and escalating politically motivated actions by governmental bodies which pose a significant threat to the foundational principles of American higher education.

Coming into earth sciences from his very mechanics-based perspective, he just saw so many unexplored areas of large-scale phenomenon, and he would look at them from a different perspective with great innovation and analysis.

The world can be a nasty place...We don't have to fall from grace. Put down the weapons you fight with and kill 'em with kindness.

Sunak's transition to academic life marks his first official move since returning to the backbenches, allowing him to address global economic and security challenges.

Alex James and her colleagues found that as the number of women in a research field increased, both the grant success rates and perceived quality of researchers tended to decrease. This suggests an insidious gender bias within academic disciplines, where fields dominated by women are unfairly viewed as less prestigious.