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Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding
The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear obligations at the end of the fiscal year. The NIH director has said, “Don’t pay attention to the hype.”
Studies Flag Inequities in NIH Grant Cuts, Threats to Science Pipeline
Claudine Gay to Return to Teaching—About Harvard
In Defense of Long Writing
A guest post on what it means to write “long” and why we should help students do it.
The Odd Couple: To Tenure or Not to Tenure
Gordon asks Rachel when she’s going to give up her tenure; Rachel calls Gordon a chicken (again).
Can’t Quit the Lecture? Try Quasi-Active Learning
The method offers a sustainable middle ground for teaching.
Faculty, Grad Workers Left Out of Virginia’s Collective Bargaining Expansion
Lawmakers sent the new Democratic governor a bill to end the state’s longtime ban on public workers unionizing. But faculty and grad students are excluded.
Scrubbing Chávez From Campus May Take Time
As multiple universities move to strip César Chávez’s name from programs and departments, previous efforts to downplay problematic figures show the hurdles ahead.