Sandwalk

The Occupy for Palestine protestors have occupied part of the campus of the University of Toronto. The protestors are making two demands on ...

I'm a retired member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. For many decades researchers here have been complaining th...

A recent letter in Nature draws attention to a serious (?) problem in modern society; namely, the persecution of junior scientists by older...

Joshua Kim posted an article on Inside Higher Education last month (Dec. 8, 2015). The article described his answers to some questions he ...

I was prompted to write this post by three recent events. First, I read an article by Angelika Amon who made A case for more curiosity-drive...

This is my department [ Department of Biochemistry ]. Apply now! Don't be fooled by the ad. Cutting edge biochemists can also apply. ...

I came across an interesting article about " PeerWise ." Hardy, J., Bates, S.P., Casey, M.M., Galloway, K.D., Galloway, R.K., K...

After years of negotiation between the administration and the Faculty Association, the university has finally allowed full time lecturers to...

Here's the final exam in my course. Students have to answer the first two questions and three of the next five questions. How would you ...

This video raises many complicated issues. It's a confrontation between students and anti-abortion protestors on the University of Orego...

The latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2015 are out [ The World Reputation Rankings ]. This ranking list universit...

I am a staunch defendant of academic freedom but tenure doesn't protect you from gross misconduct. Here's an example where a Profess...

There's a conference this Saturday at the University of Toronto on the Scarborough campus. It features presentations by a number of lead...

This post was prompted by a discussion I'm having with Jerry Coyne on whether he should be trying to censor university professors who te...

There's a fabulous editorial in the Toronto Star today. It's critical of the Prime Minister and the Conservative Party of Canada for...

Last January I posted a note about how stressful the job of university professor can be [ University Professor is one of the least stressful...

My university (the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) recently developed a new policy and new procedures on undergraduate student evalu...

Student evaluations are an important part of the undergraduate experience at most universities. But how effective are they? You would thin...

Here's a video by Dr. Lodge McCammon. He has a website: lodgemccammon.com . Here are his credentials. Dr. Lodge McCammon is an educatio...

The students in my lab course measured the activity of trypsin at different pH's. They discovered that the enzyme was most active at a p...