dammit

 

Kant x Wild Cherry

 sound on

operating expenses of public universities?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/nyregion/new-york-budget-hochul.html

might work for philosophy abstracts, too

 https://www.tldrpapers.com/

mask efficacy chart

 

(from the WSJ)

winter journal controversies

for those keeping score:

in Philosophy:

https://dailynous.com/2022/01/03/philosophy-journal-hosts-debate-on-jewish-influence/

in Political Science: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/05/anatomy-political-theory-controversy/

in Law:

https://reason.com/2022/01/05/emory-law-journal-lawrence-alexander-michael-perry-festschrift/

registration for Spring and a new resource

 Spring 2022: Registration for Doctoral Students

A new University initiative will provide doctoral students who are receiving a full tuition scholarship with a fee scholarship. However, they must be registered for Spring 2022 to receive this benefit. 

Please be sure to register your doctoral students for Spring 2022 as soon as possible and prior to the 1st day of classes.

New resource: (I don't know what it is)

We are pleased to announce that Binghamton University has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an Institutional Member. The NCFDD is a nationally-recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students.

They provide a variety of virtual programs and resources including:

• Weekly Monday Motivator
• Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
• Monthly Guest Expert Webinars
• Access to Multi-Week Courses
• Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
• Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated writing challenges
• Monthly accountability buddy matches
• Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges
• Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings

In order to gain access to these programs and resources, you should first sign up, using our Institutional Membership. After doing so, you will be added to the NCFDD listserv, which will dispatch weekly messages informing you about upcoming events. 

Please complete the following steps to sign up:

1)  Go to http://www.facultydiversity.org/join

2)  Choose Binghamton University from the drop-down menu and click "Continue".

3)  Select “Activate my Membership”

4)  Complete the registration form using your institutional email address (@binghamton.edu)

5)  Go to your institution email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in the email.

6)  After registering, enter “My Dashboard” to get started with the NCFDD’s core curriculum and to take advantage of other programs and on-demand content in the NCFDD library

If you have any questions about the membership, I’ll be holding an open office hours session, via Zoom, on Tuesday, January 11, 1 - 2:30 pm, https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/9506909880. You can feel free to drop in at any time during that slot so that I can introduce you to some of the resources and opportunities that the membership provides. If you have any technical questions or problems establishing your registration, please email the NCFDD directly at Membership@FacultyDiversity.org.

I hope that you can make use of this valuable resource, which aims to provide support for academics at all stages of their careers. Many thanks to Provost Nieman and Vice President Karen Jones who have generously supported this membership. Please feel free to circulate this message to your graduate students as well.

Spring Covid guidance

 https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-spring-semester-guidance-has-been-issued-suny-and-cuny-campuses

Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine Booster and Mandatory Pre-Testing for All Students Planning to Regularly Access Campus 

Ongoing Testing Plans Required for All Campuses

Vaccinations for All Faculty

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced issuance of spring semester reopening guidance for SUNY and CUNY campuses which includes the continuation of the student vaccine mandate as well as requiring all students regularly accessing campus to receive the COVID-19 booster for the spring semester. Additional requirements for students also include mandatory pre-testing ahead of their semester return, which will apply to all students who plan to regularly access campus. Each campus will develop and communicate an ongoing testing plan to monitor for positive cases throughout the semester. Campuses will continue to enforce universal indoor masking regardless of vaccination status and social distancing for anyone who is unvaccinated on campus — as New York State continues to help communities respond to the uptick in COVID cases.

“We need to ensure students in New York are able to stay in school and learn in-person throughout the spring semester,” Governor Hochul said. “Students deserve to have a safe, and high quality in-person college experience, and with these new measures, students will be able to stay on campus and in their classes. SUNY and CUNY have already done an extraordinary job at fighting the pandemic, with COVID-19 rates much lower than the general population, and it's time to take the next step to keep everyone safe."

Students who are regularly on campus who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster are now required to receive one for the Spring 2022 semester. Campuses must develop a plan and timeframe requirement for students to provide proof of booster vaccination.

SUNY and CUNY campuses must also implement, or continue if they had previously implemented, an ongoing testing program throughout the semester. Campuses will develop a random sampling methodology, which will be communicated to students. Campuses may also implement an exemption process for those who have received a booster. All faculty will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

SUNY will continue to report real-time results at the COVID-19 Case Tracker available here. Since the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester, when students began returning for in-person classes, SUNY has administered nearly three million tests on campus with an average positivity rate of about 0.45 percent, far lower than statewide and surrounding community rates.