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Month: July 2014
Vermont Women in Higher Education Award Nominations–Deadline extended!
The VWHE Awards Committee has extended the 29th annual VWHE award nominations deadline until Thursday, July 10, 2014. Please spread the word and encourage nominations for some of the deserving women you might know. VWHE will present three awards to outstanding women: the Sister Elizabeth Candon Award for Distinguished … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Vermont Women in Higher Education Award Nominations–Deadline extended!
Will Pyle receives funding from Russia’s National Research University
Will Pyle (Economics) has received funding from Russia’s National Research University Higher School of Economics’ (HSE) International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, which will provide support for three years. He will be participating in a research project … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Will Pyle receives funding from Russia’s National Research University
Sunday Shorts: Balz, Polarization and a New Logo
The Washington Post’s Dan Balz posted this piece yesterday in which he tries to make sense of what appears to be contradictory evidence regarding whether Americans are becoming more polarized or not. Balz notes, correctly, that in a recent survey … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sunday Shorts: Balz, Polarization and a New Logo
Friday Links – July 4, 2014
Mostly language-neutral fireworks display for the fourth of July at Middlebury. Keep the sound on. [Warning: English spoken (sung by Katy Perry) from 5:00 through 8:37)] A different kind of fireworks – real-time cyber-attacks The 100-year legacy of World War I – fascinating interactive piece from the New York Times What is an eBook? How […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – July 4, 2014
Is Obama the Worst Modern President? Take Two
Conservative pundits such as the Wall St. Journal’s Peggy Noonan continue to cite the recent Quinnipiac poll as evidence that Obama is perhaps the worst president to have served during the last seven decades. For reasons I discussed in my … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Is Obama the Worst Modern President? Take Two