By Qianyi Jiang, Niharika Nirankari, Monica Morales Hernandez Undergraduate students often experience mathematics as a sequence of courses centered on technique, correctness, and speed. Research, when it appears at all, usually shows up later — after students have racked up enough credentials to be granted permission to ask questions. This structure privileges speed, prior access,...

By Lew Ludwig Markdown, project setup, and what to do when AI gives you garbage: this month, the tools. "If I didn't know any better, I'd assume you joined last week's department meeting. Did you hide in the back corner when these conversations took place?" That came in last month, after "I Worry." Blake, a...