Mar 6, 2009
Sam Matteson, Physics University of North Texas “What have I gotten myself into?” I had just agreed to be one of four panelists at my university discussing “Science and Faith” before an audience of undergraduates. I wasn’t bothered by the inclusion of a colleague from...
Nov 10, 2008
Sam Matteson, Physics University of North Texas “What kind of woodpecker is that, Doc?” The woman at Rocky Mountain National Park asked me this as I picked up fuel for our evening campfire. “You’re a doctor — you would know,” she added,...
Apr 28, 2008
Phillip A. Bishop, Kinesiology University of Alabama “ We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin As I write these first few lines, I am sitting in a professional academic...
Feb 4, 2008
Robert Kaita, Plasma Physics Princeton Academia is anchored on the intellectual accomplishments of its members, and there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this. The problem occurs, however, when we confuse what we think we know with what we actually do with that...
Oct 1, 2007
David Nelson John Dunaway [Presented by Rae Mellichamp and John Walkup] Dr. Erick Nilson was a member of the Department of Agronomy faculty at Kansas State University for more than 24 years before his...
Sep 24, 2007
Jim Gerdeen, Prof. Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado-Denver Life’s greatest challenge. For some of us, it may be the struggle to receive tenure. I never felt that way. My first professorship was at Michigan Tech where I was tenured within four...
