Ben McFarland

I made many mistakes in my oral qualifying exam, halfway through grad school. The first…

In my work as a pre-med advisor, I help students navigate the pictures and words…

In Part 1 of this essay, I argued that the structure of a flame is,…

My friend left academia for industry last month. He posted online: “I spent years hearing…

Sidarta Ribeiro, in The Oracle of Night: The History and Science of Dreams, has written…

Coming back together for education this Fall is a long process that is more a…

A year and a half ago, in the middle of lockdown, it seemed like reunion…

Two weeks ago, a meme circulated with two pictures, labeled “My Fall Plans” and “The…

In Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, the character Lucien keeps a library of “every story that…

In the space of about a year, three big trees fell in middle of the…

In the first part of this post, I discussed the pressures academics face with a…

“Spring break” is a misnomer for faculty and staff at colleges on the quarter system…

On Friday, March 6, 2020, at 4:05pm, our Vice-Provost sent an email that the remaining…