Something very frequently on the mind of Virginia Tech students, faculty, and community members these days is housing. VT is currently suffering from almost comedic over-enrollment, and as a result of its policy that all first year students must live on campus, this has led to running out of dorm space and instead putting students […]
Posts from February 2020
Offending Repetition by a Repeat Offender
Today, I’m going to talk about a research misconduct incident that unfolded at UNC Chapel Hill between 2016 and 2018. The researcher responsible for the misconduct was a postdoctoral researcher I’m going to be referring to in this post as Dr. B, for reasons I’ll get into later, although her name is readily available on […]
Mission Statements of North Carolina’s Higher Ed
I grew up in North Carolina, I got my bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University, and I think there’s a decent chance I’ll ultimately move back to pursue a career as a professor. With this in mind, I’m revisiting some of my thoughts and opinions about the different schools I grew up around that […]