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“I never do real work anymore,” a fellow professor used to complain to me. “People have to be ready to work,” someone once told me about...

Yesterday was Porchfest, an annual event where local musicians perform on their porches all around Somerville, MA. My friend Stefan Anderso...

Below is a recent exchange with my friend Rob Ochshorn , who often writes emails instead of blog posts to work out his thoughts. Here I am ...

In high school, our crew coach often reminded us to relax our faces. Crew is a sport based on precision and pain. Though frowning is often ...

What it looks like to do a PhD: the view from my desk. Recently, I have been talking to many prospective Computer Science PhD students ...

The author, wearing some clothes. A few years ago, we organized a professional wardrobe event (video here ) as part of one of our Grad...

Wearing the Computer Science "uniform." I first became aware of the problem when I took a female faculty interview candidate...

Traveling is an important part of being an academic. It's an incredible privilege to be able to go all over the world to places like Fr...