Commencement was today, the 14th of those that I've been to as a faculty member. As usual, the procession was led in and out by the Schenectady Pipe Band; I realized that after many years of this, I'm coming to associate "Scotland the Brave" with graduation...
This was a really unpleasant year for me in a lot of respects; happily, our students had nothing to do with that. They've been consistently terrific, and this was a good class. Not having them around the department will be pretty weird, at least for a while.
So, congratulations to Salina, Alex, Stephen, Will, Caleb, and Eason, the Physics and Astronomy class of 2015. It's been great having you around, and we wish you all the best in your future careers.
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So a lot of you saw my recent 'debate' with Pastor Steve Kern.
&Here's the list beginning with my thoughts. Hopefully the readers can suggest other ideas and revisions with the goal of this being a central archive for active ways to conserve our oceans.
I saw this headline on Google Fast Flip, and had to read it. I'm
always game for an anti-big-pharma story: even though I appreciate
their efforts to relieve suffering, I do like to take notice of their
shadier practices.