by Pamela | May 9, 2007 | Events
Details still being worked out. More to come! Check out the
by Pamela | May 9, 2007 | Events, Gifted and Talented
From August 7-11, I’ll be working with the Davidson Institute’s Young Scholars program to put on an online colloquium titled, “An Amazing and Expanding Universe in Motion.” Abstract: Looking for something entirely different? Take a tour through...
by Pamela | May 9, 2007 | Exo Solar Systems
There are certain questions and dreams that drive society in its quest for the stars. Is there life beyond the Earth? How (and when) will we reach other worlds? What will it take to reach other worlds with life? For a long time, astronomers thought that we were still...
by Pamela | May 7, 2007 | Blogging, Personal
The end of another semester is upon us. As you may have noticed, this blog hasn’t exactly been updated for a few days. This was for a couple of different reasons. First and foremost, my day job as a professor at SIUE had me buried in test writing, grading, and...
by Pamela | Apr 17, 2007 | Academic Politics, Teaching
Every university seeks to convince parents (and itself) that it is a safe place where learning and personal development are fostered in a protective yet stimulating environment. This is part of the myth of the Ivory Tower: we form the intellectual fortress where the...
