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A story in the Britsh press about archaeological investigations in Rome that suggest the city is about 150 years oldler than its legendary foundation in 753 BCE reminds me of the apparent characteristic quality of early Rome, its openness to refugees, vagrants, and everyone in search of a new home.  At least this is the…

I wanted to write a post in response to Moontime Warrior's blog post (here) which begins with the following: Last term, I confided in a professor that I was struggling with anxiety attacks and depression. She seemed understanding. A few weeks after the class ended, I learned that she had brought the issue up at an informal departmental…

There are a number of, er, hairy stories over at the Daily Mousse worth checking out today. 

Given the recent guest post on this issue, some of us thought it appropriate to post a link to this statement, written by three APA members with disabilities, on the APA’s practices with regard to members with disabilities.    I (and the other bloggers I have communicated with) take no stand on this, and merely pass…

No. No.  Not THAT controversy.   I just got back from a meeting at the insanely cool Carnegie Observatory in Pasadena, California (Hubble's old digs) with Wendy Parker, Paul Humphreys, James Ladyman, and  many extremely interesting and engaging astronomers.   (Barry Madore and Wendy Freedman were our hosts, and Stacy McGaugh, Bill Saslaw, Alar Toomre…

Unfortunately various pressures on my time, including the flow of news about the struggle with the government block on Twitter in Turkey, led me to miss Catherine Dutilh Novaes very useful post The night twitter went down, and miss the opportunity to comment in a timely manner. As I am in Istanbul, teaching at Istanbul…

The following is a guest post by Amy Ferrer, APA Executive Director When I wrote a blog post on diversity issues more than a year ago during my guest series on Leiter Reports, I said the following: Perhaps the most powerful tool we have to increase diversity in philosophy is data collection: there are many…

The following is a guest post by Amy Ferrer, APA Exectutive Director   Before putting up my first substantive post later today, I want to take a moment to thank the folks at NewAPPS for having me, and especially John Protevi and Eric Winsberg, who will be moderating comments and working with me along the…

Starting this Monday, and probably going all next week, Amy Ferrer, the executive director of the APA, will be doing a series of guest posts here on NewAPPS.   She will be talking about the site visit program, about the new APA journal, and about the APA's diversity funding efforts.  She will also try to…