Last week, NIH Director and BioLogos founder Francis Collins announced that he would no longer accept invitations to conferences with all-male panels.Read more…
ESN Local Boston: Hear Francis Collins at ASA 2018
Local to Boston? ASA wants to make it easy for you to hear Francis Collins and connect with ESN on July 28. Read more…
Academic Conferences for Undergraduates
Academic conferences are a fact of life for graduate students and faculty, but there are plenty of opportunities for undergraduates, too — especially if you’re considering a career in academia. Many conferences feature special rates or events for undergraduates, andRead more…
Highlights from this month’s Lamp Post
The Faculty Ministry Lamp Post — our sister ministry’s monthly email chronicle — was published earlier today, and I’d like to draw your attention to a few highlights that might interest you. David Thomas, history professor at Union University, reviews the recentRead more…
Poll: How will you spend your summer?
As the final stragglers hold their commencements, student and faculty thoughts turn to summer. Later this week, the Midwest Faculty Conference begins at Cedar Campus. InterVarsity Faculty Ministry intentionally designed this conference to provide both intellectual engagement — this year’sRead more…
Week in Review: Inter-Varsity Records Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here’s a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you’d like us to consider for theRead more…
Finding Community at Christian Academic Conferences
I included a bit about this in Friday’s Week in Review, but I wanted to give the topic its own post. Last week, I attended the 2010 Stone-Campbell Conference, an annual academic conference for colleges affiliated with the Stone-Campbell/Restoration MovementRead more…
Week in Review: Friends of Computers and Animals Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here’s a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you’d like us to consider for theRead more…
Emerging Scholars at Jubilee 2010
I spent the weekend at Jubilee, the annual student conference of the Coalition for Christian Outreach. Jubilee has a great reputation for emphasizing the theology of vocation – a reputation which was confirmed, by the way – but I didn’tRead more…
Week in Review: Reporting Edition
Here’s the top five articles, books, websites, etc., that we’ve been reading or thinking about the past week. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. In addition, if you have items you’d like us to consider for the topRead more…
Which conferences do you love to attend?
Today, just a quick question for the ESN community: Which conferences do you love to attend? No boundaries on type – they can be Christian, secular, academic, church-related, artistic, theological, national, local, whatever. Or, if you’re the aspirational sort, which conferencesRead more…