The most recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education features an article on independent scholarship. It profiles nine independent scholars, four of whom are Research Scholars here at the Ronin Institute (Patricia Appelbaum, Kristina Killgrove, Jay Ulfelder, and me). If you have a subscription to the Chronicle, you can read the article here. Unfortunately, …
Here’s an update for those of you who are following the development of the Ronin Institute. We now have an official motto, in Latin and everything: Scientiam Consecemus That’s “Let’s Chop Up Some Knowledge” to you. Thanks go to Research Scholar Kristina Killgrove, who not only came up with the translation, but also indulged my …
Greetings to all from the Ronin Institute. We’ve got some good news here. The IRS has officially approved our application for tax-exempt status as a publicly funded 501c3 nonprofit organization! What does that mean? Well, most importantly, it means that you can now donate to the Ronin Institute to support independent scholarship, and your donation …
Buongiorno Ronineschi! I had two opportunities to speak on the radio about the motivation and goals of the Ronin Institute this week. Yesterday, I was on WBUR’s Radio Boston, along with Victoria Blodgett, Associate Dean and Director of Career Services for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale. If you’re interested in listening, you …
Greetings Roniños y Roniñas! Over the weekend, your Ronin Institute got some nice press coverage in the Ideas section of the Boston Globe. You can read the whole article here. Here’s the take-home message, though: The goal, Wilkins says, isn’t just offering up a short-term solution to the current scarcity of academic jobs. It’s suggesting …
So, yesterday I posted about the white paper that Sam Arbesman and I wrote about fractional scholarship for the Kauffman Foundation. Well, we also wrote a piece for Wired, which Sam has posted there now. The best part is that it features a picture of a statue of Ben Franklin, and right under the picture …
So, tomorrow (Tuesday, February 28), I will be speaking at The Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO about the Ronin Institute. I’ll talk about my own motivations for founding the Institute, the need for independent scholarship, and the potential future for institutes like this one. If you’re in the area, c’mon down! (Or, up, …
So, here’s an update for you on the development of the Ronin Institute. I’ve written about the concept and motivation for Ronin previously (e.g., here, here, and here). Briefly, the goal is to establish an institute to support scholarly research outside of the traditional (university / government lab / research institute) environment. Well, the Ronin …
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Good news! Now you, too, can socialize with the Ronin! The Ronin Institute now has pages on Facebook and Google+. Drop on by. (Swords not provided.)
Originally posted at Lost in Transcription on December 12, 2011. So, welcome back to my intermittent live-blog of my adventures in forming a non-profit research institute in order to function as an independent scholar. I’ve written a couple of times before: about my own goals for the enterprise, and about the things that an independent scholar will …
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