The New York Times has an interesting article in today’s paper by Mary Jenkins covering a new federal program set to provide substantial raises in funding for a minority of graduate students in the sciences. The Pell-Mell Grants, a joint venture of the Federal Government, Pell Grant program, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is projected […]
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Getting rich in graduate school
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1 April 2007 |
10:56 |
science, politics, news articles, academics |
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Sokal, in reverse
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9 July 2006 |
0:06 |
musings, news articles |
4 Comments »
Update 08/01: Harry Collins left a comment below (be sure to read it!) noting some inaccuracies in this post, on the basis of which I’ve made some changes.
Remember the Sokal affair? Back in 1996, physicist Alan Sokal submitted a paper full of clever-sounding gibberish to Social Text, a leading postmodern journal. Shortly after the paper […]
Update 08/01: Harry Collins left a comment below (be sure to read it!) noting some inaccuracies in this post, on the basis of which I’ve made some changes.
Remember the Sokal affair? Back in 1996, physicist Alan Sokal submitted a paper full of clever-sounding gibberish to Social Text, a leading postmodern journal. Shortly after the paper […]