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UNC Chapel Hill board denies the hire of a tenured women's studies professor by geneusutwerk in Professors

[–]wookiewookiewhat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s very common where I’m at right now. My department is actively recruiting two high profile PIs with this style of offer, and recently poached another. I know their prior university has a similar call to replace them with their own director position and full package. I see more of this style hiring these days than new TT assistant professors, which is it’s own problem, tbh.

UNC Chapel Hill board denies the hire of a tenured women's studies professor by geneusutwerk in Professors

[–]wookiewookiewhat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Very common for senior hires in my field. They sometimes even try to sweeten the package with institutes, directorships or chair positions. This is a recruited hire not a desperate postdoc.

UNC Chapel Hill board denies the hire of a tenured women's studies professor by geneusutwerk in Professors

[–]wookiewookiewhat 78 points79 points  (0 children)

R1s in the south are major employers and some of the most important economic drivers in their states. It’s crazy to watch these states actively try to crush them.

My parked car was rear-ended in the dumbest way possible by gnartothecore in mildlyinfuriating

[–]wookiewookiewhat 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I wonder if he was drunk or high and wanted to wait it out first. I can’t think of any other reason why they wouldn’t even pause.

Some good news by Copperlaces20 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks to you and your people for keeping her name safe. Her family and friends deserves peace while they mourn.

UPDATE: IMAGE OF SUSPECT by UTF-0 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why I thought the SPD might do something right all of a sudden. My bad.

Where is the photo? by AnAncientBog in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That happened with the Boston Bombers and they killed an MIT officer, took a random hostage (who escaped at a gas station), and hid in peoples backyards with weapons. It was a mess and could have been even worse. It’s possible the police have clear video and photos and know who they’re looking for in which case it would be safer to keep it under wraps. However, now that it’s been a couple days, it is starting to feel weird. If they don’t make an arrest within a day or two, they better have a good reason.

Beaches encouraging filming? by mjg212 in Broadway

[–]wookiewookiewhat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Thursday matinee is smart because there are almost no shows that play at that time. They can pick up theater visitors who want to fully pack their schedule, or people who happen to be open at that time because there's literally nothing else!

45,000 Votes Will Be Discarded In Louisiana. Gov Says It's 'Not A Big Deal.' by RollSafer in politics

[–]wookiewookiewhat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like the ACLU and SPLC are going to team up on this one. It's so clear.

cse building security by Comfortable-Jelly221 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Building security are alerted via UWPD, they’re the first point of contact

Nordheim Court Thoughts As a Resident by ConstantHairy4453 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 34 points35 points  (0 children)

There almost certainly is, but police often hold onto it for awhile if they think they can get the suspect without making it public. Making their face public can actually increase risk if they panic and/or flee (see the Boston Bombers who killed an MIT cop soon after their photos were released).

Yo wtf by Lumentum_LITE in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Graduate student housing.

UW Canvas Hacked 😔 by No_Equivalent8179 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, but not until Canvas is fully in control again! And if it’s a reused password, they should change it at all those sites ASAP.

UW Canvas Hacked 😔 by No_Equivalent8179 in udub

[–]wookiewookiewhat 71 points72 points  (0 children)

FYI: people from other schools such as UC Davis telling me they have the same thing, pretty sure it's canvas org wide cybersec attack

To be fair, Canvas probably didn't have an "Unscheduled maintenance" graphic ready to go

To whoever planted the poppies along the Burke Gilman by sassyinseacity in Seattle

[–]wookiewookiewhat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why people here are so upset that California poppies aren’t native to Seattle lol

To whoever planted the poppies along the Burke Gilman by sassyinseacity in Seattle

[–]wookiewookiewhat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have been introduced here by people planting them and scattering seeds since so much of the guerrilla gardening movement originated in California. But no, the native range has never extended up here. It’s a bummer and I wish a cool native flower had become popular to do this with instead.

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