Field Guide to Forest Pests…online!

Oh! I just found out that a book I own is now online in an updated version:
Field Guide to Common Insect Pests of Urban Trees in the Northeast
Since it’s the time of year to look for these things, here’s the page on oystershell scales, which I have in abundance on my lilacs. Grrr.
Now is a [...]

An interesting Tenure Battle at U of M

Tenure. There is no word scarier to an academic. The ways in which tenure is awarded are secretive, never written or explicit, and often biased.
At University of Michigan, a woman with a joint appointment in two departments was recommended for tenure in one–and denied tenure by the other.
What were the two departments? Women’s Studies and [...]