It probably doesn’t need to be said that it’s been another challenging week in terms of concentrating on work (especially when work & politics overlap in the current US federal government targeting of science, DEI, etc. – I was really disheartened by ASM & HHMI this week, among others). I’ve been doing some reading, but only a little in my “study leave” books .

I read a paper yesterday – very cool to see a discussion of Diego Rivera’s microbiology (and public health) art in murals he created! I plan to bring this into Intro Micro next time I teach it. Not sure exactly where it will fit into my course, but given the proximity of the University of Windsor to the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum (DIA) (home of the Rivera Detroit Industry murals), I imagine a number of our students have visited it. (I go to the DIA pretty often, myself, and always visit the Rivera Court to see the murals, which appear to be a popular attraction for visitors of all ages.)

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