Central campus ped mall flanked by academic buildings. Main campus landmark, a large chapel, ahead. Green grass, trees with leaves coming in, beautiful blue sky, not a cloud.

An absolutely beautiful day. #CornellCollege

Yep. Ever since a second grade project on ankylosaurus.

Grape no-nuts

A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

There is no McTry.

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry on Monday afternoon;
Science Communication all day Monday;
Student-Centered Learning all day Tuesday. Lots of other great stuff too! 3/3

Very pleased to co-chair the Div of Chemical Educ program. Many great symposia; here are just a few: 2/3

In Atlanta for the Am Chem Soc meeting. If any old or new friends would like to connect, send me a message! #ACSSpring2026 1/3

conferences.union.wisc.edu/bcce2026/

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Only a few days left to submit an abstract to the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education! Abstract deadline is 1 March. Come give a talk in the Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry symposium or any of the other great symposia. #bcce #pchem #chemsky #chemchat 1/2

Some aspects of social media are great, others aren't. You might consider a break yourself. Take care, everyone. 2/2

Though I don't always succeed, I try to be thoughtful about social media use. I take one day off of social media every week, and once a year I take a several-week break.

It's now time for that longer break - so with very few exceptions I'll be off for awhile. 1/2

Wow is right.

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

POGIL | Large Classroom Transformation Awards

Submissions received by 2 March will receive priority consideration. This is from the POGIL Project, but no previous POGIL experience necessary. Priority consideration to biology, A&P, math, CS, or chemistry. #chemsky

Do you teach large enrollment STEM classes in higher education? Are you interested in doing more active learning in your courses? Resources and dedicated mentorship are available! Apply for the Large Class Transformation Award-link in next post. #edusky #teaching #STEM #learningisnotaspectatorsport

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

We need to talk about how a guy named Bruno (namely @paul-bruno.com ) published an article titled "We Need to Talk About How We Compensate School Staff" muse.jhu.edu/issue/54902 \

(standing ovation, Paul)

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

My takeaway is the artist was told to draw painstakingly draw each hair in Platner's beard and then what they thought someone called Jasmine Crockett would look like

Neat idea! The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker could provide some useful class readings.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕

(From @andertoon.bsky.social )

This right here is quality Bluesky content.

Oh no.

No band this year! The final performance of Al D. Hyde and the KeyTones was at the last BCCE, in 2024. It was a good 20 year run.

As usual, we are running the Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry symposium at this summer's Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.

Abstracts are due 1 March. We hope you can join us! #chemsky #chemchat #pchem 🧪

She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.