Posts Tagged ‘Interdisciplinary Research’
Post-Thanksgiving Hangover Links »
Anyone know of an quick cure for tryptophan binges? -"Most of the interesting academics I know spent lots of time when young structuring their own “unstructured” activities; GPA fanatics usually have few interesting thoughts of their own." Who else but Robin Hanson? -Megan McArdle concurs with Michael O'Hare when it comes to the fiasco [...]
White Paper: Border, Transnational, and Cross-Cultural »
Why, oh why? The paper proposes to form a new Center for Border, Hemispheric, Transnational, and Cross-Cultural Studies: . . .that will draw together colleagues across units, will eventually achieve degree granting status, and will be comprised of three interrelated research clusters: cultural, media and literary studies; indigenous knowledge, [...]
White Paper: School of Mind, Brain, and Behavior »
The School of Mind, Matter, and God Mind, Brain, and Behavior is almost exactly the same proposal written here, only written by the liberal arts community instead. Let the Mind Wars begin! The exact same programs are grouped together under the School, which, "could stand alone or be part of a larger unit such as the College of Science or a [...]
White Paper: Environmental Engineering & Science »
This is a subset of the broader proposal to combine the colleges of science and engineering (more on that later). Under this proposal, an "intercollegiate research structure" would be established between researchers from the Chemical & Environmental Engineering Departments, and researchers from the Soil, Water, and Environmental Science [...]
White Paper: Arizona Research Laboratories »
Most college students are pretty good at writing five pages without actually saying anything. If the white paper submitted by Arizona Research Laboratories is any indication, professors are even better. One full page of this proposal is dedicated to outlining the laboratories' successful projects and emphasizing just how "interdisciplinary" [...]