The Pastor at PRIM&R

Back in February, I shared an article about one of my favorite committee members, a Rabbi. He was a community representative who served for many years and offered invaluable insight during his tenure on the IRB at my former institution…

There are lots of us in the research compliance world; the thing that unites us is a the practice of understanding and approving proposed research, whether it involves the use of humans, animals, plants, or a myriad of other organisms,…

… and hungry Research Administrators!     Thank  you to all the current (and future) clients who stopped by the InfoEd booth at the 2014 PRIM&R Advancing Ethical Research Conference in Baltimore, Maryland this weekend. Phillip and I enjoyed meeting…

In a surprise move this week, both the Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation that is on its way to the White House – and that is likely to be signed into law. I’m only being a little sarcastic…
Big Data – Consumers or Consumed?

Big data is here and the question is whether we will consume it, or it will consume us? Likely, the answer will be a bit of both. The dystopian view of our big data future is somewhere between those imagined…
World University Rankings: Number Crunchers

Following the release of the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, there is always a lot of news reporting and analysis regarding the results and what they mean for higher education on a regional and global scale. A look at…