Prof Dynarski
@dynarski
MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer NYT Columns www.susandynarski.com
Why am I getting emails in Spanish from the Harvard registrar’s office This has been a day
Wildfire smoke is thick in Cambridge today Avoid breathing if you can do so
New paper on HAIL Scholarship! Students going to UM bc of HAIL just as likely to graduate & earn a STEM degree as peers, & more likely to graduate within four years Expected lifetime earnings gains of 25% due to increased degree quality and faster graduation www.susandynarski.com/assets/paper...
Italians studiously ignoring the World Cup [gift link, but have to provide email] www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
THIS crew should have been the nation’s birthday headliner youtu.be/kDA9NbPAK8o?...
This little guy is unconcerned by the weather delay @darthbluesky.bsky.social
Departure passport control for non-EU at Frankfurt terminal 1B is a nightmare Leave lots of time
Who tf writes press releases like this We need a deep dive on who this person is and how they came to be this way for history’s sake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Notice in German elevator informing guests when it’s safe to go to breakfast
This eliminates public access to (checks notes) all tables and cross-tabs from the 2020 census Post from Cornell Prof John Abowd, who spent much of his career expanding access to government data www.linkedin.com/posts/john-a...
I love it but please please please make the colors stop changing Pretty but distracts
Bar I was in last night featured Haitian whisky Here to reassure the Scots they needn’t worry about the competition
Still “very tricky” but the solve rate is up from 52% to 56% as the East Coast stirs from slumber
I have noticed that a given puzzle gets less “tricky” as the US awakes My self esteem drops by the hour as I slide down the ranks (I often do this puzzle at 3 am because bad sleep Now the excuse is that I am in a different time zone)