I consider #CS #undergraduate #education of fundamental import to the survival of #IT in the near future.

Current IT practitioners know our industry has lost its mooring, partly due to our fault and partly due to our paymasters. We no longer have enough deep thinkers, but too many cool-talking code pasters—the #BROgrammers.

Most of today's experienced practitioners are well entrenched in this self-sustaining, growing system. Indeed, they are the flag bearers of this "code first, ask questions never" generation. They will not alter course. So, if we are to make a substantive difference, we have to start before the next generation enters the corrupting influence of industry and is still in the nurturing bosom of academia.

A majority of high schoolers with a CS bent who are moving up to college suffer from the same "do, think not" syndrome, partly due to the imbecilic AP CS curriculum and partly due to their teachers not having CS background but only shallow IT coding experience. So, college professors must spend the first year, at least, undoing the damage high school has done to these kids. Moreover, the final year is spent lolling about or searching jobs. As such, two years is typically all these kids have to learn to think.

This situation may seem untenable, ab initio. But if we look at the long view, it is workable.

If good CS professors can reconfigure the minds of the undergraduates into the thinking mode and anneal their brains to become life-long-learning substrates, these kids can affect the future of IT for the better.

I just recommended an interesting article @pcirr by @maddi_pow, @drcpennington, @kaitclark, and colleagues. It started out as a #RegisteredReport 2 years ago and it is exciting to find out the results!

Incorporating #OpenResearch practices (preregistration) into the #undergraduate #curriculum increases understanding, but doesn't change attitudes toward questionable research practices (QRPs)

My recommendation and the review history: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.rr.100437
The article: https://osf.io/k2fse

#Collaboration is at the heart of the #CriticalZone Collaborative Network.

Here's an example of what that looks like for #undergraduate researchers. Data included in a recent #Geological Sciences of America meeting was collected by equipment designed by one Cluster and used by another.

#EnvironmentalScience #geology #SciComm

https://criticalzone.org/news-events/undergraduate-research-highlights-collaboration

Tomorrow!

1-3:30pm Eastern time for our inaugural #CriticalZone Science #Undergraduate Research #Symposium.

Each student will provide an overview of their research before a Q&A session with participants. If you are interested in participating in this virtual event, please register.

https://criticalzone.org/news-events/cz-reu-virtual-symposium

Tomorrow!

1-3:30pm Eastern time for our inaugural #CriticalZone Science #Undergraduate Research #Symposium.

Each student will provide an overview of their research before a Q&A session with participants. If you are interested in participating in this virtual event, please register.

https://criticalzone.org/news-events/cz-reu-virtual-symposium

#Undergraduate research front and center in next week's #CriticalZone Science Undergraduate Research #Symposium

No charge to attend this online event.

https://criticalzone.org/news-events/cz-reu-virtual-symposium

2023
Summer Undergraduate Program in Eye Research (SUPER) at Oakland University, Rochester and Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Eye Research Institute, of Oakland University.

Largest student group since 2013.

#visionscience #undergraduate #research

https://www.oakland.edu/oumagazine/news/eri/2023/oakland-universitys-eri-summer-undergraduate-program-welcomes-largest-class-since-2013

#Comedian, #actor and #author #PattonOswalt '91, D.A. '23 addresses graduates at his alma mater, William & Mary in #Williamsburg, Va. Friday night. During the ceremony more than 2,050 #undergraduate and #graduate degrees were conferred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWZq1W0jijM

So I bought a stereoscope this week and it is by far the best tool for school aside from my iPad. Not only am I having a ton of fun looking at things under it, but it is a GAME CHANGER when it comes to lichen identification

#undergraduate #stem #botany

If you are (or know!) a bachelor/master #undergraduate #physics #student who is too junior (or, likes Krakow) or/and is for some other reason not going to the #DESY or #CERN summer student programs this summer, there is a one-month program in Krakow! Still places available, I happen to know! https://ppss.ifj.edu.pl/index.php

#research #STEM #particlephysics look how great it looks in this pic I got from Wikipedia! (I confirm, Krakow is very nice!)

RT @danagablas
Are you interested in gaining experience with analysing language data? Join the Lancaster Summer Schools in #CorpusLinguistics at @Lancaster_uni and apply for one of ten £150 bursaries for #undergraduate students.

Find out more:
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummerschools/ba-undergraduate-bursaries/

RT @AdrianaBankston
Delighted to share our latest @STEMadvocacy publication, focused on and calling for more #scipol training at the #undergraduate level. @GwendolynBogard @ErinSaybolt @CastroFaix @FanuelMuindi

Read the paper: https://bit.ly/3oiCCmb
Bankston Lab page: https://bit.ly/3mFTUt3

RT @time_initiative
Introducing the Time Initiative with @AFARorg! We’re empowering #undergraduate leaders in #aging #research. Time is our most valuable resource, so let's create a future where we can all live healthier, longer. Learn more at http://www.timeinitiative.org #geroscience #healthspan

Looking for recommendations on #books about #ecological #modelling for an advanced #undergraduate/ early #graduateschool course.

Ideally it would introduce a basic concept (#SIR models, #LotkaVokterra dynamics, etc.), and then go through a basic formulation / construction of the model. Hoping to develop a course where students would then translate the basic #mathematical model into a simulation computer program.

RT @danagablas
We are delighted to announce ten £150 bursaries for #undergraduate students to attend Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics at @Lancaster_uni (26-30 June 2023) - this is a great opportunity to learn more about language & to meet new friends! More details: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummerschools/ba-undergraduate-bursaries/

Knocked up a new #BirdFlu approved outdoor #Chicken run today. My girls needed to get out of the outhouse they’ve overwintered in and to feel the breeze and to rootle. Rolled this with my daughter from the build site to current location #Stonehenge style, on old #wine bottles! First decent use I’ve got out of my #undergraduate #prehistory modules. Discover that turning corners on rollers is not the easiest of operations. And don’t talk to me about steep inclines! #ChickensOfMastodon.

Now in advanced
ICB’s

Critically Assessing #Undergraduate Field Experiences: Understanding Conceptualizations And Opportunities for Building Inclusive Programs

by @n_morales83 & Reano

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad008

#geoscience #biology #ecology #sciencetwitter #academia #academic

Nationwide, #undergraduate #collegeenrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022, with declines even after returning to in-person classes, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The slide in the #college-going rate since 2018 is the steepest on record, according to the U.S. Bureau of #Labor Statistics.
https://apnews.com/article/skipping-college-student-loans-trade-jobs-efc1f6d6067ab770f6e512b3f7719cc0

#FountainsAbbey and #StudleyRoyalWaterGarden were quite something today. Haven’t been here since an #undergraduate. That’s a long time ago. So excited to be revisiting in May for a workshop on the #flood threat to this #NationalTrust #UNESCO World #Heritage site. Looking forward to working with everyone! #Yorkshire #Flooding #Rivers #River Skell #Medieval #EarlyModern #DesignedLandscapes #Monasteries #Cistercians #NaturalFloodManagement

#Undergraduate students should never study from borrowed or used #books. At this academic level, #reading should always be augmented with underlining and annotating. No one should mark up a borrowed book, and adding markups to a used, marked up book is pointless.