Boards are much more influential than people on campus often assume.

There were a ton of great resources shared at today's Harkin Retirement Security Symposium. You can find those resources in the program from the event or at this link: bit.ly/44tBHAw #HarkinRetirement

Multiple studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream, David Merritt Johns reports. Scientists don’t want to talk about it. (From 2023) theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Worth the read

'we shall have all American industry controlled by a dozen corporations and run perhaps by a hundred men. Put plainly, we are steering a steady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already. Clearly this calls for a reappraisal of values.' FDR, 1933

I get the outrage. I’m enraged. But there’s nothing special about professors. Brutalizing anyone —a department chair, a 5y/o in Gaza, a protesting student, a houseless person— should be met with the same response, the same shock, pain, and anger. These lives are of equal value.

A huge THANK YOU to all the Iowa meteorologists today who have been working around the clock to keep us safe. #iawx

The second tornado warning is over. Novelty has thoroughly worn off.

Aaaaaand…another tornado warning. Ugh. Back to the basement.

We got the all-clear. The next town over got hit, but we were spared. Not fun.

In the basement, waiting out the tornado warning.

The worst feature of social media is not bots or spam or algorithmic manipulation of attention. It's the obliteration of the distinction between 'Blowing off steam talking with friends' and 'Making a public statement to the entire world.'

A whole lot of people who've spent years calling the younger generation 'snowflakes' now apparently want armed guys in riot gear to protect them from teenagers sitting peacefully on the ground

25 years ago today…

Virginia Woolf on style and rhythm

An unsung hero of American culture. As a former jazz dj, I tip my cap. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

oh my god, this email ❤️❤️❤️

The statehouse is visible in the outfield