Ronald Bobroff

Professor of History. Views are my own.

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

Dr Carlos del Rio: the biggest side effect of vaccines is adulthood - children get to grow up to be adults. This morning on NPR.

Get yourself and your kids vaccinated - for them, for you, for the community!

[James Spann @spann]

Long time followers here know that I don’t do politics, and there’s no political content on this account. I vote; and that’s it. The world does not need another social media nitwit telling people how to think and vote. 

This post is not about politics, but about support for my friends that work for the National Weather Service, part of NOAA, a federal agency.

NWS meteorologists work long, hard hours serving the people of this country, not only during times of severe weather, but on the routine days as well.

Their surface and upper air observation networks along with computer models, radars, and satellites are critical for all meteorologists, including those of us in the private sector. 

Most NWS field offices are currently understaffed right now. I can only imagine morale is not especially high. 

Many high-level politicians follow this page, both Democrats and Republicans. I would encourage them and all of you to support my colleagues at the National Weather Service during this time. Their service is absolutely invaluable. 

If NWS products and services are reduced, we all suffer…especially during times of life-threatening weather. 

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@ConradConnolly @Daractenus Yes, and contrary to the original post, fishing boats were sunk and fishermen killed and injured.

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

One of the newest innovations is our new Gen Ed curriculum, dedicated not only to offering the broad knowledge that should come with a university degree but also to helping students understand how they can make an impact in their communities.

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

Its #bryantgivingday @BryantUniv !
Help our new Impact Core General Education curriculum programming with a donation via this link: https://t.co/W8DKyg5xN2

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@MarkHamill Happy Birthday!

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@sewistwrites I have a couple of colleagues who regularly knit in meetings and at conference panels. I’ve never minded, and I’ve never heard anyone complain.

[SEIU Local 509 @SEIU509]

From teaching to research, @gradworkersofBU's contributions keep @BU_tweets running, yet workers continue to be overworked and underpaid. Their stories are not just about labor; they're about justice, dignity, and a better future for all. #BUGWUOnStrike
https://t.co/mg9ksD0mBG

[SEIU Local 509 @SEIU509]

BREAKING: @gradworkersofBU have walked off the job to demand a strong contract! Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions—we make BU run! ✊ #BUGWUOnStrike

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

These decimations of faculties & staffs are short term salves only that won’t save colleges from the structural failures that got them to this point. These hollowed-out campuses will be unattractive to new students and have a harder time retaining, creating a new funding crisis

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

3 thoughts on the continuing fiasco at #ManhattanCollege: 1. Did those tenured profs who thought they were immune to firing advocate for those told

These Tenured Professors Thought They Were Safe From Manhattan College's Latest Layoffs. They Were Wrong. https://t.co/ifl2beBpJk

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

3. More needs to be done to force recalcitrant execs and Boards to either declare financial exigency and face the scrutiny that comes w/such admission, or to follow @AAUP and @aacu guidelines/expectations on treatment of faculty.

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

Interesting thought piece on the tangible unwillingness and even inability for college students to get through longer texts.

Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read.
#LiberalArts #Humanities https://t.co/tIRbkXhjFx

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@KevinRothrock Of your list, Interstellar is my favorite. Can I assume we are talking about the Soviet Solaris?

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@steven_seegel Amazing! Congratulations!

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

This January, you can learn about the struggle for Civil Rights in the US by enrolling in HIS ST200, Modern American Civil Rights Movement, taught by @KathleenDalyPhD . The course is online, so you don’t have to be in RI for the winter to delve into this important subject.

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

Russia has steadily strengthened ties with Iran-backed #Hamas over the past decade. Make no mistake: what you’re seeing in #Israel today is directly connected to what you see in #Ukraine every day.

[Ronald Bobroff @bobroff_ronald]

@steven_seegel We appreciate you!