Social Media Policy- At double-murder trial, jury won't see defendant's racist social media - The Washington Post August 10, 2022
- Opinion | Social media is a haven for cranks stirring controversy. Ignore them. - The Washington Post August 10, 2022
- Celebrity Social Media Round-Up for August 9, 2022 - LaineyGossip August 10, 2022
- Don’t share threats posted on social media, Mobile police urge - Fox 10 News August 9, 2022
- Tech exec recycles old speech on making social media safer to Texas lawmakers - KXAN.com August 9, 2022
- Complaints Mount on Official Disneyland Social Media from Fans as Silence Continues on Magic Key Renewals - WDW News Today August 9, 2022
- Edwin Diaz's walkout song is starting a new social media trend - ClutchPoints August 9, 2022
- The Collective Cognition of the (Social Media) Burnerverse - burningman.org August 9, 2022
- Robert Saleh reacts to Mekhi Becton's knee injury, bemoans 'dehumanization' of athletes on social media after criticism - Sporting News August 9, 2022
- Blown Away Season 3: Where To Find The Cast On Social Media - Screen Rant August 9, 2022
- Kwantlen
- Memorial service honouring the life of TFN Chief Ken Baird - Delta Optimist August 10, 2022
- Art events for adults in New Westminster - The Record (New Westminster) August 8, 2022
- Community focused, career ready: KPU Alumna makes large impact in Surrey - Surrey Now Leader August 8, 2022
- New slate announced for Surrey school board election - Surrey Now Leader August 7, 2022
- Job fair at Richmond mall to offer over 100 positions - Richmond News August 6, 2022
- Higher Education: Cannabis courses and post-secondary programs in Canada - Leafly August 5, 2022
- New SFU-based centre to make B.C. a global 'frontrunner' in agritech - Simon Fraser University News August 3, 2022
- News Brief: KSA plans events for August, fixes meeting files on website - The Runner August 2, 2022
- UBC
- Vegetarian options at Vancouver sports and concert arenas - Vancouver Is Awesome August 10, 2022
- Emergency physician showed strong leadership through pandemic challenges - The Globe and Mail August 10, 2022
- UBC K-Wave wins first place for dance performance at the Vancouver Bubble Tea Festival - Ubyssey Online August 9, 2022
- UBC-developed Hyper Drumhead presented at 2022 SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun August 9, 2022
- Here's why UBC won't be getting a driverless shuttle service as planned - iHeartRadio.ca August 9, 2022
- Get free goods by biking to businesses during HUB Cycling's Bike to Shop event | Curated - Daily Hive August 9, 2022
- Ugandan Journo to Head English Desk of AUB's Center of Content Exchange in Algeria - Modern Ghana August 9, 2022
- Safety improvements are coming to NW Marine Drive, province says - Ubyssey Online August 9, 2022
- Business Education
- A Mercer MBA For You | Mercer Events - Mercer University August 10, 2022
- Letter: Steps Britain must take to be a science superpower - Financial Times August 10, 2022
- Online Education Services Selects Juniper Networks to Elevate Student Experiences in the Digital Era - Business Wire August 10, 2022
- National University Appoints Digital Transformation Innovator Alexander Chimon as Chief Digital Officer - Benzinga August 10, 2022
- Students laud the value of Singapore Business School's MBA program in opening new career paths, pursuing further education - Digital Journal August 9, 2022
- National University System Chancellor Dr. Michael R. Cunningham Announces Retirement - PR Web August 9, 2022
- SIUE Launches Athletic Specialization Graduate Programs - RiverBender.com August 9, 2022
- Grand Plans In Milan: P&Q's Exclusive Interview With Federico Frattini, Dean Of POLIMI Graduate School Of Management - Poets&Quants August 9, 2022
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The scale of a work
Our friend Jonathan Mayhew, on finding the right size (for a book): I like saying that [my upcoming book on Lorca and music] is a medium sized book on a vast subject. So it is with scholarship. You are rarely … Continue reading
How to write
I love my old friend Jonathan Mayhew’s prose. His blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks (Scholarly Writing and How to Get it Done), is often very charming (and it is always illuminating). Read this bit on the use of “scare quotes.” The … Continue reading
10% and “the crisis in knowledge”
Writes Jonathan Mayhew: Knowledge is under attack from several fronts at once. In science itself, it is due to corporate corruption and the inherent bias toward interesting but possibly false results. There was that paper about how most scientific findings are false. … Continue reading
Elitism in the classroom
Professor Mayhew’s recent take on the topic: Teaching is transactional. The instructor is not feeding information to the students, teaching them that information, but interacting with them. A third element is the text in the class. The text is not … Continue reading
Practice
As a teacher and as an editor, my counsel to students and writers often seems too obvious even to say. For instance: “You can’t complete a large project in a short time. Proceed bit by bit” (or “bird by bird“). … Continue reading
Mental Hygiene
In a post called “Cognitive” my good friend Jonathan Mayhew explores one of NoContest’s recurrent themes: There is the idea that you can prevent decay in cognitive function by doing inane, mindless games on the computer, such as those peddled … Continue reading
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
What would be on *your* “shadow CV”?
Regarding Devoney Looser’s ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ article “Me and My Shadow CV: What would my vita look like if it recorded not just the success of my professional life but also the many, many rejections?” my friend Jonathan Mayhew … Continue reading
On Poetry
My friend Jonathan Mayhew has been on a tear of late, publishing a series of manifestos on poetry in his wonderful blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks. Some snippets (but read the whole thing): Manifesto (1) Nobody knows what poetry is for. … Continue reading
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Needing Readers
In my classes, as well as in my career as a “communications guy,” I stress the requirement that all written pieces be read by one or several people prior to submission or publication. My friend, the scholar Jonathan Mayhew, has … Continue reading