Fortune magazine tells how an Ig Nobel Prize winner was named the top young business school professor: The 10 top B-school professors under 40 Business school professors come in all stripes and colors. But the very best of the lot share a few common qualities: They are all supremely well educated, highly talented researchers, exceptional […]
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“Creativity is worth a thousand words”, and professors of Creativity
Lesley University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has recently arranged for advertising billboards to appear in their (and our) neighborhood, featuring the slogan “Creativity is worth a thousand words“. Passersby must be creative in discerning the meaning, if any, of that slogan. Here’s a photo of one of the billboards (atop a building in Porter Square, Cambridge): Creativity At Lesley The […]
George Parrott the Snacker, and George Parrot the Shoes
George Parrott is in the news. George Parrot has been out of the news for a while. In the news (specifically, in the Sacramento Bee): Sac State students don’t have to bring snacks for professor Students of Sacramento State professor George Parrott won’t have to supply snacks anymore in order to be taught psychology. The […]
Denied a parking pass, professor ends career
Can this truly be the entire story behind Professor Danford W. Middlemiss‘s decision to end his academic career? CBC News reports: Dalhousie prof quits over parking A professor at Dalhousie University says a severe shortage of parking spaces at the Halifax school has forced him to quit. Dan Middlemiss [pictured here] and hundreds of other […]