Info 202 Fall 2011

Now that we're over a month into our semester, the concepts we learned early on in 202 are starting to seem somewhat obvious and second nature.  Judging from our class Twitter feed, most of us are seeing organizing systems everywhere we go and generally it's easy to determine whether something is an organizing system or not.  When I read this article on slime mold, I wasn't sure.  While we exclude "naturally occurring patterns created by biological processes" from our definition, some of the slime mold's behavior seems purposeful.  If we exclude slime mold communities f

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/education/edlife/edl-24naturalhistory-...

Despite having the word 'museum' in it's name, the American Museum of Natural History is no longer just a museum.  As of 2009, the Museum is also an accredited graduate university, complete with it's own massive research library.