I recently found myself explaining again the value of a liberal arts education. I fell…
Clayton D. CarlsonMarch 28, 2023
My institution “has a proud tradition of faculty governance,” as a colleague once euphemistically summarized…
Clayton D. CarlsonSeptember 29, 2022
“The way in which we describe the world determines what we think we see. What…
Clayton D. CarlsonAugust 18, 2022
“No one knows how hard I worked.” That seems to be the repeating chorus from…
Clayton D. CarlsonApril 19, 2022
Receiving another person’s story is always a privilege. Whether in therapy, confession, interview, or conversation,…
Clayton D. CarlsonNovember 29, 2021
Trying to keep abreast of the relevant findings about SARS-Cov-2 is a fully time job…
Clayton D. CarlsonSeptember 8, 2021
The 2021 winner of the Templeton prize is Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall is, of…
Clayton D. CarlsonMay 28, 2021
In the preface of his book, A Genetic Switch, famed molecular biologist Mark Ptashne writes…
Clayton D. CarlsonApril 30, 2021
In the midst of the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic, while trying to figure…
Clayton D. CarlsonApril 7, 2021
In the first weeks of 2021, during what were (please God) the deadliest days of…
Clayton D. CarlsonMarch 4, 2021
For ten months my laboratory has sat empty and dark. But it is never quiet.…
Clayton D. CarlsonJanuary 28, 2021
The 2005 publication of a comparison of the chimpanzee genome and the human genome revealed…
Clayton D. CarlsonJanuary 15, 2018
The intersection of science and faith can lead to tension among Christian believers and confusion…
Clayton D. CarlsonJuly 15, 2017
Advances in DNA sequencing technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of microbial populations on and within…
Michael Kunnen and Clayton D. CarlsonJanuary 15, 2017
