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The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, warns of a ‘Blood Bath’ when the curfew is lifted in Kashmir. On August 24, 1990, blood flowed in the alley behind the school where my father was teaching. Two Muslim acquaintances told him that they desperately needed to talk about school matters, took…
Most NSF proposals limit you to 15 pages for proposal description, and most of us mortals have a hard time fully communicating our idea within the limit. So one would like to…
In an article titled The Hidden Costs of Active Learning by Thomas Mennalla, an associate professor of biology at Bay Path University, mentions that “Flipped and active learning truly are a better way for students to learn, but they…
I do not allow cell phones in my class — it is considered academic disruption. If someone is expecting an important call, I ask them to let me know and sit in desks close to the door. Very few people take me on that offer over a semester even in a class…
I tend to believe that the election results would not have worked one way or another for engineers. We may get the infrastructure bill through though.