Optical Communications and Networking

For those interested in Optical Networking, the inaugural issue of the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) is now available:

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jocn/Issue.cfm?utm_source=memnews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=0906

JOCN is the result of a partnership that merges JON (Journal of Optical Networking) with ComSoc's Supplement on Optical Networking and Communications.

Tenure and the Future of the University

An interesting article on the tenure system:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/324/5931/1147?rss=1