I'll add "aphantasia" to the list

Faculty in physics & astronomy: nominate rising junior/senior women (inclusively defined) for the Caltech FUTURE (Sept 12 – 13), a workshops on graduate applications and success. Nominations due August 1. future.pma.caltech.edu

At the IAIFI 2022 summer school: Sven Krippendorf presents machine learning for BSM physics. (Sven and I were foosball competitors during Part III at Cambridge University... 15 years ago)

For the third consecutive summer, a corpse flower bloomed on our campus! Corpse plant blooms are usually rare and take several years to achieve. Learn more about our Plant Conservatory and see the latest bloom from the 7-year-old plant named Mustito. bit.ly/CPCorpseFlower…

I really do love the mountains of California.

Small but growing programs show how even the most vulnerable adults can succeed in college. bit.ly/3QzzHOH

Utterly brilliant: "...there are no determinants of life satisfaction that also determine someone’s sex. If we include socio-demographic controls, we get biased results – because the controls themselves are affected by sex."

James Tiffin Jr. Stanford d.school Mount Vernon School Agency by Design Yes! This one, alongside Susie Wise’s gem #DesignForBelonging?!? HMW make more space for powerful, joyful, and student-driven inquiry to belong at Mount Vernon School?

My contribution to this month's "The Distance Traveled," the newsletter for PD Soros Fellowships fellows. 1st and 2nd generation American grad students: check out the Fellowship for New Americans. Applications due Oct 27. pdsoros.org/apply/online-a…

Applying to #gradschool? Many places (like UC Riverside) have limited funds for financial hardship fee waivers that are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If eligible, apply for the waiver ASAP. It is separate from your grad application. graduate.ucr.edu/fee-waivers

If this doesn’t move you nothing will. One of the all time greats in any sports for so many reasons. Everyone has their favourite sporting heroes. Federer was mine. Class to the last. We’ll miss him #Federer

Not a novel point but: space is cool. space.com/black-hole-sho…

Just read this, can’t recommend it enough. Even the acknowledgments are moving.

vLex lil (library innovation lab) Anyway, today's news is that we now have more than eight million opinions in our database, and we're closing in on nine million citations (opinion can have multiple parallel citations). Since June 1, we've added nearly two million opinions to our collection.

I can’t answer this question for Bill Maher but YOU CAN A thread.

Advising appointments are a critical student success tool, but #didyouknow 83% of advising appointment time is spent on administrative items instead of goal-oriented, coaching conversations. #studentsuccess #highereducation