Monthly Archives: June 2012

Back in the late 1930’s, a dark time, when the Depression was in full force and the clouds of war were gathering around the world, my father was a graduate student at Princeton, studying mathematics, on his way to earning … Continue reading →

Just a quick footnote to the previous piece on this weekend’s National Communication Association Chairs’ Summer Institute. In setting up the link to the NCA website, I noticed their home page featured links to several TED videos. Have you ever … Continue reading →

This past weekend, the National Communication Association put on a three-day Summer Institute for chairs of communication departments, with the theme, “Raising Your Program Profile.” Maybe forty chairs and a few staff attended. The meeting was held at a hotel … Continue reading →

Just a short post on a Saturday night/Sunday morning to call attention to Fareed Zakaria’s most recent opinion piece in the Washington Post, published back on Wednesday, June 20. In case you missed it, worth the read! In this column, … Continue reading →

Washington being what it is, yesterday saw widespread interest all across town in the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on mis-management of appropriated funds within the National Weather Service. Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) chaired the proceedings. Dr. Jane Lubchenco (Under … Continue reading →

We Earth scientists can be great people on occasion…maybe even “the salt of the earth.” But we’re sometimes our own worst enemies when it comes to communicating what we know. Let’s be honest about the impression we make on others. … Continue reading →

Been reading this blog for a while? Then you perhaps remember that last year at this time, I wrote extensively on the 2011 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium. You can find those posts here. Pay special attention to the June 2011 … Continue reading →

Gut check? Part of the 21st century vernacular. Look it up on dictionary.com and you’ll find this definition: a pause to assess the state, progress, or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution. Look around you! Do you … Continue reading →