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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Converging Crises Part II: Survival Rule Number One is Don't Eat Your Young

Here's an act of self-harm that is spreading from coast to coast. Stanford University is "pausing" all faculty searches. "Provost Drell will permit...

Monday, March 30, 2020

Monday, March 30, 2020

The University in a Moment of Intersecting Crises

Covid-19 has brutally laid bare the devastating impact of several decades of privatization and capitalist globalization.  The rapidity of the virus'...

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Coverging Crises Part I.1: Covid Encouragement from University of Washington Modeling (Updated)

This prepublication paper (March 25th) uses newer data than that of the Ferguson et al. paper (March 16th) that I drilled into last week.  It...

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Coverging Crises Part I: Covid Shutdown Theory (Updated)

Shutdowns are now spreading as fast as the coronavirus. On March 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered 40 million Californians to stay home, claiming that...

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Impact of Covid-19 on UC Graduate Students: Now is the Time to Improve their Funding, Not Cut It

Statement to the UC Board of Regents by Shane K. M. Wood, President, UC Irvine Associated Graduate Students; Department of Theater and Drama The...

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Remote Instruction in the Spring: Dylan De-escalates

Dear UCR Senate Colleagues: As everyone prepares for Spring Quarter “remote learning” classes, i want to offer some advice and insight that...