March 19, 2026
Blackboard->Canvas Transition Bootcamps
As the University transitions from Blackboard to Canvas, the Faculty Hub is offering a series of two-day, in-person Blackboard to Canvas Bootcamps designed to help faculty make real progress in their course sites before the fall. These bootcamps are not just feature tours or passive demos. Instead, they are built around hands-on course development, practical Continue reading.
March 16, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Welcome Back!
Welcome back! I hope everyone was able to find little pockets of respite during the break, despite current events and topsy-turvy weather. The Faculty Hub team has been in the midst of finalizing a plethora of upcoming programs as we venture toward the end of the semester, including some geared toward appreciation, transition, and dissemination. Continue reading.
March 2, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Everyday Hubbub
We’ve hit the point in the semester where I start to wonder if heaven is the place where nothing happens, to paraphrase the Talking Heads. Between midterms, strange winter weather, and everyday hubbub, it can feel hard to take a breath. The good news is, with spring break around the corner, things will be pretty Continue reading.
February 23, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: An Appreciative Pause
I want to begin the newsletter this week with a version of what Stephen Brookfield (2019) has called an appreciative pause: Thank you to every single person who has stopped by my office to say hi or ask how I am doing as I have transitioned back to work from parental leave. You all have Continue reading.
February 16, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: We’re Here for All of It
As Andrew mentioned last week and you’ve likely heard more broadly, UR is switching our LMS to Canvas. I’ve been playing around with it again, and seeing their panda pop up on the login screen for the first time in a while was surprisingly, oddly comforting. This probably says something more about me and where Continue reading.
February 10, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Shifting Landscapes
Change is constant. In the span of about 18 hours last week, I attended a Sharp Viewpoint talk on AI and the future of work, listened to colleagues from our AI Faculty Learning Community share thoughtful, practical strategies for AI-supported assignments, and then joined a campus discussion that extended the questions raised in the keynote. Continue reading.
February 2, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
It’s probably too much of a cliché to start a Feb. 2 newsletter by talking about the movie Groundhog Day, but so be it. If you are one of the rare folks unfamiliar with the storyline, Bill Murray plays a weatherman stuck in a time loop, reliving the same day again, with each day offering Continue reading.
January 27, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Hazy Shade of Winter
I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately and listening to old songs I haven’t heard in years. Some songs are unbearably cheesy now…I did grow up in the 80s after all! There are still a lot of gems, though. I recently re-listened to the Bangles cover of Paul Simon’s “Hazy Shade of Winter” (very fitting at the Continue reading.
January 20, 2026
This Week in the Faculty Hub: Support All Semester Long
Congratulations on making it through the first week of the semester! As things move into full swing, so does activity in the Faculty Hub. We’re here to support you all semester long, whether it is by providing a hot tea and quiet space to work, connecting you with colleagues to talk pedagogy, or helping you Continue reading.