Real posts will resume ....

At some point. I AM working on my Scientiae submission (they're due Monday, and the theme is awesome.) I'll also try to schedule some re-posts for while I am gone.

But at the moment, I am a bit busy getting ready for the trip, writing exams, etc. Plus, the media have discovered that there is a local -ology crisis going on and the PR people on campus have discovered that there's a new assistant professor who's supposedly an expert on the subject.

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Mystery City is 42% non-Caucasian, with the largest minority being African-American. Mystery University is 25% non-Caucasian.* My introductory courses bear out that statistic; I have a substantial percentage of Hispanic, Asian, and African-American students.
One of my fellow ScienceBloggers, ScienceWoman, has made a few waves by saying the following:
The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) is about to commence its annual Mid-Winter Meeting, which is the largest scientific meeting in my field.
The Public Library of Science publishes a number of peer-reviewed Open Access research journals, most of which specialise in some specific field within the natural sciences. But PLoS ONE has a much wider remit within the sciences.

You go girl. . . .
Ciao