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If much of the interest of high-quality papers lies between the lines—in the metaphorical fire that a paper lights in…
I would also recommend that potential grad students make inquiries into how far the compensation package actually goes towards cost…
It’s a mix. I’m still in the UAE with my family, and we feel safe. But some students and faculty…
In the above comment, Michel wrote: “As an aside, every once in a while I check out how the chatbots…
I could imagine LLMs having saved me a *ton* of time in graduate school–e.g., by having supplied reasonable answers to…
The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…
Here; they are: Wendy Collins Perdue (Georgetown); Phoebe Haddon (Temple); Linda Mullenix (Texas); Mark Sargent, who is currently Dean at Villanova (where he has been very successful); and, perhaps most interestingly and unusually, Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
UPDATE (2/18): Dean Sargent tells me he's withdrawn from the search for personal reasons. A good break for Villanova!
My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…