Category: For Everyone

Are venture capital funded MOOCs a good idea?

Guest post by Bill Ferster The pressure from skyrocketing costs and competition from e-learning efforts at universities have made online educational technology a source of much discussion. Teresa Sullivan, the president of the University of Virginia, was summarily fired in a coup d’etat in 2012 (and subsequently rehired because of protests from an outraged faculty…

A Marsh is Born

By Vincent J. Burke, executive editor A hawk went aloft, stealing everyone’s attention. It was a familiar scene for the speaker, a wildlife manager whose back was turned to the soaring bird. You could see the slight smile form on his face as he recognized the failed attempts of the rows of seated listeners to conceal their interest.…

A Marsh is Born

By Vincent J. Burke, executive editor A hawk went aloft, stealing everyone’s attention. It was a familiar scene for the speaker, a wildlife manager whose back was turned to the soaring bird. You could see the slight smile form on his face as he recognized the failed attempts of the rows of seated listeners to conceal their interest.…

Guy Baldassarre: the man, the book, and the marsh

Guest post by Dr. Michael Schummer Guy Baldassarre (1953–2012) was one of those people who transferred his passion for birds to all who met him. Even though he’s gone, that trait seems to linger, evidenced by the impact his book, Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, is about to have on generations of readers. For…

Guy Baldassarre: the man, the book, and the marsh

Guest post by Dr. Michael Schummer Guy Baldassarre (1953–2012) was one of those people who transferred his passion for birds to all who met him. Even though he’s gone, that trait seems to linger, evidenced by the impact his book, Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, is about to have on generations of readers. For…

The Art of the Sea with Val Kells

by Amy S. Mercer Marketing and Communications Manager, Gibbes Museum of Art Thank you to the Gibbes Museum of Art for allowing us to re-publish this recent post. Please note information at the close of this article about Val Kells' upcoming talk. Marine Science Illustrator Val Kells is an ‘obsessive compulsive’ fisherman. A photo of Kells on…

The Art of the Sea with Val Kells

by Amy S. Mercer Marketing and Communications Manager, Gibbes Museum of Art Thank you to the Gibbes Museum of Art for allowing us to re-publish this recent post. Please note information at the close of this article about Val Kells' upcoming talk. Marine Science Illustrator Val Kells is an ‘obsessive compulsive’ fisherman. A photo of Kells on…

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Your International Students…

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas If any of you are at all known to your campus or law school immigration/international student advisors, you may find yourself in regular contact with them and your general counsel. I am regularly in touch with these folks, in part because I teach higher education law, in part because I…