Academic Garden

My last couple of posts have been about administrative responsibilities at N1 and how they leave me with mixed feelings.  Although I may occ...

Last month has been a roller coaster ride for me, both personally and professionally.  It started with incidents which made me seriously eva...

Prince Calming refers to a senior faculty member at N1, who is one of my mentors here.  As his pseudonym suggests, he is a calm and quiet pe...

In the comments thread of the previous post , Hary raised an important point, namely coursework for PhD students.  Hary's perception is...

A few days ago, a colleague C invited a senior collaborator to visit N1 for a few days to discuss their research project.  C had hoped that ...

The temporary campus of N1 has very limited office space and we all have to share offices.  As a postdoc, I had always dreamt vividly of the...

Our winter school was very successful.  Dr Rock-Star, the primary speaker, was absolutely delighted to see a large number of enthusiastic st...