I teach undergraduates. And I have said many times: as often as they frustrate me, and as very strange as we sometimes find each other, I love this generation of students.
November 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I teach undergraduates. And I have said many times: as often as they frustrate me, and as very strange as we sometimes find each other, I love this generation of students.
Admin bloat is bad - and a structural effect of neoliberal privatization and should be opposed - but that’s not why UCs used to be free and now cost 10-20k a year for undergraduates
October 31, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Admin bloat is bad - and a structural effect of neoliberal privatization and should be opposed - but that’s not why UCs used to be free and now cost 10-20k a year for undergraduates
These figure get thrown about. I’d like the MSM to question politicians like they are undergraduates pretending to construct an argument.
November 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
These figure get thrown about. I’d like the MSM to question politicians like they are undergraduates pretending to construct an argument.
They’re not setting a good example for the undergraduates.
November 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
They’re not setting a good example for the undergraduates.
My main joy when looking at our website was, for a long time, spotting pictures of staff members who could pass as undergraduates, and finding them on various course pages. Obviously they were frequently laughing.
November 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
My main joy when looking at our website was, for a long time, spotting pictures of staff members who could pass as undergraduates, and finding them on various course pages. Obviously they were frequently laughing.
Who is the best early modern to teach to undergraduates and why is it Berkeley?
November 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Who is the best early modern to teach to undergraduates and why is it Berkeley?
genuinely love it when undergraduates inductively "discovery" social theory. Reading a paper where the student, with a fitting tone of eureka, proposes that maybe newspapers are not about the content but about the community and sense of belonging that they create. I just love it.
October 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
genuinely love it when undergraduates inductively "discovery" social theory. Reading a paper where the student, with a fitting tone of eureka, proposes that maybe newspapers are not about the content but about the community and sense of belonging that they create. I just love it.
Only thing I would add to this excellent thread is that the right-wing position on the Western Canon - indeed their entire approach to the humanities - is also about ignoring decades of empirical, peer-reviewed research on the subjects they purport to be teaching undergraduates.
the right-wing position on the Western Canon is not coherent and is not meant to be; it’s not about reading and thinking with a body of writing but about stabilizing an onanistic image of The West. The same project that demands reverence for Plato to build the image bans reading Plato to maintain it
October 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Only thing I would add to this excellent thread is that the right-wing position on the Western Canon - indeed their entire approach to the humanities - is also about ignoring decades of empirical, peer-reviewed research on the subjects they purport to be teaching undergraduates.
Just a few weeks ago I showed the @interpolaber.bsky.social first year undergraduates taking my module "Behind the Headlines" the film "The Price of Truth" about Novaya Gazeta and Muratov.
“There are political repressions taking place. Now they’ve reached us.” Journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov tells me how the Russian authorities have “strangled” Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper. Novaya Gazeta is closing down. #ReadingRussia
Inside the Russian paper which accuses the authorities of "killing" it.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Just a few weeks ago I showed the @interpolaber.bsky.social first year undergraduates taking my module "Behind the Headlines" the film "The Price of Truth" about Novaya Gazeta and Muratov.
I really don't want to "kids these days" this, but it's possible undergraduates don't quite appreciate the absolutely tremendous scale of the theft!
October 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I really don't want to "kids these days" this, but it's possible undergraduates don't quite appreciate the absolutely tremendous scale of the theft!
“The Feynman Lectures on Physics” is a three-volume set of lectures given by Richard Feynman to undergraduates at Caltech. Covering mechanics, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics, they are renowned for their clarity and are considered a classic of science education.
November 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
“The Feynman Lectures on Physics” is a three-volume set of lectures given by Richard Feynman to undergraduates at Caltech. Covering mechanics, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics, they are renowned for their clarity and are considered a classic of science education.
(I find it very easy to track the Doonesbury characters because the undergraduates in the strip are pretty much exactly the age of my parents ... who knew Trudeau at Yale. My parents are now in their mid-70s.)
November 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
(I find it very easy to track the Doonesbury characters because the undergraduates in the strip are pretty much exactly the age of my parents ... who knew Trudeau at Yale. My parents are now in their mid-70s.)
A graduate student in entomology shares practical lessons from mentoring undergraduates. Clear expectations, patient guidance, and attention to students' goals can strengthen research experiences while helping mentors build leadership and communication skills.
How to Mentor Undergraduates as a Graduate Student: Challenges, Rewards, and Personal Insights
Clear expectations, patient guidance, and attention to students' goals can strengthen research experiences while helping mentors build leadership and communication skills.
entomologytoday.org
November 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A graduate student in entomology shares practical lessons from mentoring undergraduates. Clear expectations, patient guidance, and attention to students' goals can strengthen research experiences while helping mentors build leadership and communication skills.
I asked my undergraduates if they had voted. 100% had.
November 4, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I asked my undergraduates if they had voted. 100% had.
Undergraduates in my lab and several iterations of course-based research lab classes did all of the lab work for this publication. They also did a great deal of the writing and figure design!
@wwu.edu
@wwu.edu
Effects of loss of the E2 conjugating enzymes ubc-6 and ubc-7 on the unfolded protein response and protein homeostasis in C. elegans #micropublication #biology #data #caltechlibrary #Celegans #Phenoty https://micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropub-biology-002401
November 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Undergraduates in my lab and several iterations of course-based research lab classes did all of the lab work for this publication. They also did a great deal of the writing and figure design!
@wwu.edu
@wwu.edu
He’s not actually too stupid to understand it. He’s pretending to be too stupid to understand it. If I can explain it to undergraduates so that they understand it, it’s not that hard to figure out.
October 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
He’s not actually too stupid to understand it. He’s pretending to be too stupid to understand it. If I can explain it to undergraduates so that they understand it, it’s not that hard to figure out.
We took the annual St Anne's Classics School photograph today. Undergraduates, graduates, tutors, and Poppit the dog were all present and correct.
October 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We took the annual St Anne's Classics School photograph today. Undergraduates, graduates, tutors, and Poppit the dog were all present and correct.
Many many undergraduates. There’s a lot of family wealth and passion for UK education in Europe!
November 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Many many undergraduates. There’s a lot of family wealth and passion for UK education in Europe!
📣 Applications are now open for the 2027 IICD Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
The 10-week opportunity will immerse students in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary cancer research, in addition to professional development sessions, workshops, and more.
Apply by February 1 > bit.ly/IICD-SRP
The 10-week opportunity will immerse students in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary cancer research, in addition to professional development sessions, workshops, and more.
Apply by February 1 > bit.ly/IICD-SRP
November 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
📣 Applications are now open for the 2027 IICD Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
The 10-week opportunity will immerse students in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary cancer research, in addition to professional development sessions, workshops, and more.
Apply by February 1 > bit.ly/IICD-SRP
The 10-week opportunity will immerse students in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary cancer research, in addition to professional development sessions, workshops, and more.
Apply by February 1 > bit.ly/IICD-SRP
#FactCheck Friday: #HigherEd institutions provide adequate health insurance for all students. FALSE. Typical student #HealthInsurance policies are for young, able-bodied undergraduates & don't cover all care needed by graduate & marginalized students: institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol13/...
October 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
#FactCheck Friday: #HigherEd institutions provide adequate health insurance for all students. FALSE. Typical student #HealthInsurance policies are for young, able-bodied undergraduates & don't cover all care needed by graduate & marginalized students: institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol13/...
I watched the first part of question time. There’s a profound lack of critical thinking and honesty in uk politics. It’s a soundbite mentality. I’d have expected better quality thinking from first year undergraduates. More concerningly it’s an integrity free zone.
October 30, 2026 at 6:51 AM
I watched the first part of question time. There’s a profound lack of critical thinking and honesty in uk politics. It’s a soundbite mentality. I’d have expected better quality thinking from first year undergraduates. More concerningly it’s an integrity free zone.
It depends on who the intended audience is. As a resource for professional philosophers, it provides excellent in-depth summaries of each topic. But the writing is too condensed and technical for most undergraduates or lay audiences. For that we have Wikipedia, IEP, etc.
October 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
It depends on who the intended audience is. As a resource for professional philosophers, it provides excellent in-depth summaries of each topic. But the writing is too condensed and technical for most undergraduates or lay audiences. For that we have Wikipedia, IEP, etc.
* "Professors" who are basically running industrial research labs (plus a startup on the side) and actively look down on the idea of teaching undergraduates.
* People actively finding new ways to spend money they don't actually need to spend to do their research because more $$$ spend is rewarded.
* People actively finding new ways to spend money they don't actually need to spend to do their research because more $$$ spend is rewarded.
October 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
* "Professors" who are basically running industrial research labs (plus a startup on the side) and actively look down on the idea of teaching undergraduates.
* People actively finding new ways to spend money they don't actually need to spend to do their research because more $$$ spend is rewarded.
* People actively finding new ways to spend money they don't actually need to spend to do their research because more $$$ spend is rewarded.
Teaching undergraduate poetry has given me a window into how undergraduates conduct relationships. On the one hand there are the girls making exactly the same mistakes my friends and I made at their age (and sometimes continue to make), like dating someone who doesn’t “get” that you’re a poet.
October 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Teaching undergraduate poetry has given me a window into how undergraduates conduct relationships. On the one hand there are the girls making exactly the same mistakes my friends and I made at their age (and sometimes continue to make), like dating someone who doesn’t “get” that you’re a poet.
Such a rich review by Samuel Fisher of Chris O’Kane’s book.
Both O’Kane and Fisher on O’Kane are making me think I need to rework my lecture on commodity fetishism for the geography undergraduates later this semester
Both O’Kane and Fisher on O’Kane are making me think I need to rework my lecture on commodity fetishism for the geography undergraduates later this semester
Samuel Fisher's latest review of Chris O’Kane’s Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre out now in Spectre
spectrejournal.com/the-personif...
spectrejournal.com/the-personif...
The Personification of Things and The Transformation of Persons Into Things – Spectre Journal
Samuel Fisher reviews Chris O'Kane's Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre.
spectrejournal.com
October 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Such a rich review by Samuel Fisher of Chris O’Kane’s book.
Both O’Kane and Fisher on O’Kane are making me think I need to rework my lecture on commodity fetishism for the geography undergraduates later this semester
Both O’Kane and Fisher on O’Kane are making me think I need to rework my lecture on commodity fetishism for the geography undergraduates later this semester