Tenure doesn't help you if you are dead - not funny, actually.
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Chad Orzel now knows more than he would like to about the loathsome political views of some old acquaintances.
Chad Orzel is pretty sure the people in question don't read the blog, or at least won't know he's talking about them.
Here is a list of Basic Concept posts in Physics and Astronomy.
Last night I had the good fortune to meet Dr. Chad Orzel, who just so happens to blog right here on SEED ScienceBlogs at Uncertain Principles. Chad is a physics professor at Union College and blogs on everything physics!
Tenure doesn't help you if you are dead - not funny, actually.
Only too true.
I've heard a few anecdotes of junior faculty killing themselves, but I haven't seen anything that suggests that the suicide rate among junior faculty is any different from the general population. Have you seen any statistics, or do you know if there is any information about this?
-Rob
Self-promotion here. More tenure advice at this link:
http://nanoscale.blogspot.com/2007/05/tenure-some-advice.html