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Quanta’s Thomas Lin Trusts the Public Can Handle Complex Ideas
The founding editor built a math and science magazine that high schoolers and Nobel laureates alike read. Now, he’s turned to books.
Reading the Rules for Rule Makers, Part 1
Conflating academic freedom with perceived viewpoint diversity: such a fundamental category error as to imply bad faith.
U of Washington Pays Professor $600K, Allows ‘Parody Land Acknowledgment’
More U.S. Researchers Secure European Research Council Grants
The program for early-career researchers sees record demand from outside Europe, even as the E.U. has less money to distribute than last year.
Academics Are Workers
Tenure can be confusing, even for those who have it. Here’s why academia’s most unique work practice is—and isn’t—so special.
Miami University Prohibits Faculty From Teaching Outside for Labor Day Action
University officials say the planned event violates the collective bargaining agreement, as well as Ohio law. Faculty say this is “untrue and a gross mischaracterization” of the teach-out, which was intended to be celebratory.
Before the Record: Proofs as Ritual
In publication, as in teaching, academic life is full of threshold moments.