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Archives: Holidays

Scholarly Communications Meets your Christmas Cracker

It’s been “the year of generative AI”, so Charlie Rapple asked ChatGPT to write some cracker-standard Christmas jokes with a scholarly communications theme.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Dec 22, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Can Academia Afford a Holiday Hiatus from Publish or Perish?

As we contemplate a pause during the holiday season, we must ask ourselves: Isn’t the researcher’s overall well-being as crucial as the research itself?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Dec 12, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Out of Office: Summer Reruns

We’re taking a week off.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 26, 2013
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Eating Well with Cookie Monster — A Thanksgiving Treasury

Share your Thanksgiving with Cookie Monster, and learn to eat from the best. Then, enjoy a more cerebral approach to the legendary monster through an NPR interview.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 26, 2009
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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