From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
June 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
“No Undergraduate degree required”
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“No Undergraduate degree required”
The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.
Elite universities mea culpas about the “loss of trust” in higher education so often fail to consider the force of the longterm propagandistic attack on universities, given extensive play in conservative media, that long preceded Trump, but which he has massively accelerated.
September 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.
If I could pick one image to send back to 2003 to try and change the timeline
August 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If I could pick one image to send back to 2003 to try and change the timeline
Behold! The Standard Low-Effort Undergraduate Reading List!
August 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Behold! The Standard Low-Effort Undergraduate Reading List!
Multiple reports of ICE/DHS agents in Columbia undergraduate dormitories, right now.
March 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Multiple reports of ICE/DHS agents in Columbia undergraduate dormitories, right now.
"Frankenstein was the doctor." Wrong. He was an undergraduate.
September 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Frankenstein was the doctor." Wrong. He was an undergraduate.
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
September 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
NSF's Undergraduate Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology program has been abruptly archived. The deadline was tomorrow. People were submitting proposals.
This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.
This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.
Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE)
new.nsf.gov
January 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NSF's Undergraduate Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology program has been abruptly archived. The deadline was tomorrow. People were submitting proposals.
This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.
This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.
Undergraduate research opportunities are incredibly valuable, both for the students and for the progress of the work. And having undergraduate research experience is a massive help for grad school admission. REU cancellations harm students’ preparedness & career prospects, and slow research progress
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
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Cancellation megathread
www.reddit.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Undergraduate research opportunities are incredibly valuable, both for the students and for the progress of the work. And having undergraduate research experience is a massive help for grad school admission. REU cancellations harm students’ preparedness & career prospects, and slow research progress
(for undergraduate! Don't do a PhD unless you have *very* clear expectations and are fully funded)
August 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
(for undergraduate! Don't do a PhD unless you have *very* clear expectations and are fully funded)
Undergraduate contract lawyers, your time is now.
February 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Undergraduate contract lawyers, your time is now.
A reminder that PhD students are also teachers. It'll be much harder to run undergraduate programs too with this change.
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students
Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.
www.forbes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A reminder that PhD students are also teachers. It'll be much harder to run undergraduate programs too with this change.
A break from the bleak: three of my undergraduate researchers presents their work at the SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference on Monday!!
May 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A break from the bleak: three of my undergraduate researchers presents their work at the SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference on Monday!!
The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall
The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
If I were on the faculty at Wharton, I’d be asking the dean if it’s possible to rescind an undergraduate degree.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If I were on the faculty at Wharton, I’d be asking the dean if it’s possible to rescind an undergraduate degree.
We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.
The new pope was an undergraduate mathematics major.
May 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The new pope was an undergraduate mathematics major.
The world does not need more undergraduate history essays but does need more people who can write good ones.
I keep having to tell students that the true "product" on a homework, essay, or test is not the completed assignment, it's the brain that has gone through the thinking required to complete the assignment.
March 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The world does not need more undergraduate history essays but does need more people who can write good ones.
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
The push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z. n.pr/3PD5bZ6
A race for a safe blue seat tests how far left Democrats want new leaders to go
The push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z.
n.pr
March 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
I cannot emphasize enough how visible this was even 25 years ago as an undergraduate at MIT.
September 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how visible this was even 25 years ago as an undergraduate at MIT.
"Her knowledge of higher education is currently an undergraduate zero."
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November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Her knowledge of higher education is currently an undergraduate zero."
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If you are an undergraduate student interested in computational and systems neuroscience research, this is your chance to attend #COSYNE27 !!! Apply here for our undergrad travel grant tinyurl.com/cos27ugtravel deadline is Oct 30 (and if you are not an undergraduate, please help to spread the word!)
Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program
This is the application form for the Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program. The deadline to apply is October 30th 2026.
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:59 PM
If you are an undergraduate student interested in computational and systems neuroscience research, this is your chance to attend #COSYNE27 !!! Apply here for our undergrad travel grant tinyurl.com/cos27ugtravel deadline is Oct 30 (and if you are not an undergraduate, please help to spread the word!)
Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
A first year undergraduate should not also be having their first exposure to the boundless Internet.
June 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
A first year undergraduate should not also be having their first exposure to the boundless Internet.