The Cal Poly Neuroscience Club took a field trip today down the road to UCSB to tour the Brain Imaging Lab. Our intrepid students met on campus this morning at 7:45 a.m. (a brutal hour, so these are true Brainiacs) to meet our carpools, and then we were off! Scott Read more…
For many people, Veterans Day is a chance to sleep in, catch up on work, relax. The holiday’s origin, Armistice Day–the end of World War I, might seem to be in the very distant past. We are delighted this Veterans Day to have our own veteran, daughter Kristin, back safe and Read more…
Three years ago, my daughter Karen and I went over to our local Jenny Craig. Karen had finished her college eligibility in track and field, and wanted to shed her shot putter pounds. Little did I know that she and her dad had conspired to convince me to join, too, Read more…
As a parent of adult children, all of whom managed to dodge the many pitfalls of adolescence, I have never bought into the Judith Rich Harris thesis about parents not making any difference. Just because some parents do not choose to be involved does not mean that those who are Read more…