hpb etc.tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2867302009-06-25T09:56:07-04:00robert skipper's blog on history & philosophy of biology, etc. @ the university of cincinnatiTypePadhttp://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifHpbEtchttp://feedburner.google.comVAP in Philosophy at U. Cincinnatitag:typepad.com,2003:post-684824552009-06-25T09:56:07-04:002009-07-16T07:20:47-04:00UPDATE: We are no longer taking new applications for this position. My department just got approval to hire a one-year visiting assistant professor. It's a good spot, with the possibility of graduate teaching. The only downside is the 3-3-3 (quarters)...Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/06/vap-in-philosophy-at-u-cincinnati.htmlStudentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-672865312009-05-26T13:43:09-04:002009-05-26T13:43:09-04:00What do you do when your grad students show up to seminar underprepared? Degree of difficulty: you have a distinguished professor in as a guest, trying to generate discussion.Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/05/students.htmlFacebook, me, and philosophy and the life sciencestag:typepad.com,2003:post-668863272009-05-17T07:59:15-04:002009-05-17T07:59:15-04:00Finally, after much cajoling, I relented and created a Facebook page. You can see my profile badge to the left. Take a look. More importantly, I created a Facebook page for our "philosophy and the life sciences" group here at...Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/05/facebook-me-and-philosophy-and-the-life-sciences.htmlC. Kenneth Waters at Cincinnati Darwinianatag:typepad.com,2003:post-664225592009-05-05T23:37:19-04:002009-05-07T13:35:30-04:00UPDATE: All fixed! (See iTunes, too!) Ken Waters finished his nearly week-long visit with us last Friday. We ended it all with a nice dinner. Ken's week was good, and so was his talk, now available in podcast form here...Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/05/c-kenneth-waters-at-cincinnati-darwiniana.htmlCincinnati Darwiniana Podcasttag:typepad.com,2003:post-653435472009-04-21T13:33:00-04:002009-04-21T08:23:41-04:00Moving to the front: because iTunes hates me. John Beatty's talk, "The Details Left to Chance: Evolutionary Contingency from Charles Darwin to Stephen Jay Gould (and Beyond)," in my department's Cincinnati Darwiniana speaker series is now available for download (in...Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/04/cincinnati-darwiniana-lecture-1.htmlSecond Podcast for Cincinnati Darwinianatag:typepad.com,2003:post-656838332009-04-18T08:29:51-04:002009-04-18T08:17:37-04:00Roberta Millstein's talk from 15 April, "Towards a Concept of 'Population' for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology" is now available as a podcast. Cincinnati Darwiniana rolls. (John Beatty's lecture is available on iTunes; this one will be soon.) Thanks for watching!Robert Skipperhttp://drrob.typepad.com/hpb_etc/2009/04/second-podcast-for-cincinnati-darwiniana.html