Finance prof and part-time educator of fish.
Houston, TX
Joined April 2014
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My AI agents found an unmapped Maya site in Mexico, using LiDAR data from a NASA dataset.
72 hours from a random thought on vacation to a reply from Mexico's national archaeology institute.
What a time to be alive…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This site is not unknown or unmapped. Per Dr. Sarah Parcak, Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli of Tulane University identified, researched, and published this site years ago.
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Data project (AI-able) and exam (paper, no aids) score distribution on the undergraduate Development Economics course I have been teaching at Stockholm University, 2022-2026.
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This is the ideal marmot body. You may not understand it. But this is what peak performance looks like.
ALT A large, rotund marmot standing upright on its hind legs.
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I've considered that thought experiment
Consider this thought experiment: "University X has seen graduation, retention rates increase after new adopting policy of giving all students As, regardless of how they perform -- and whether they even come to class."
Not far from reality in many cases.
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📣 Call for Papers: The Muni Conference is back, and this year it’s going to New Orleans.
After 2 editions at Yale, Stephanie Cheng and I are hosting the 2027 Yale–Tulane Municipal Conference.
📅 Apr 16, 2027
📝 Submissions due: Feb 12, 2027
🔗 : lnkd.in/gT57imFV
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good god, what a lede
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If you want to understand the legal structures by which fraternities indemnify themselves from their members’ conduct…
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NEVER let anyone make you feel like an imposter. That's your own job after you've re-read your first draft.
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The Oxford comma is the only thing standing between us and sheer barbarism.
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Is it a Covid hangover effect when we were staring at our computer screens?
And, yes, most still end with “THANK YOU!” because that’s too difficult to say at the end of a long talk. 😏
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There’s zero chance he’s gonna win in Idaho as an independent but Todd Achilles might win best campaign ad of the year with this
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Working on a project to modernize the classic Racial Dot Map.
One approach: zoom-dependent H3 hexagons showing largest racial/ethnic group that fade into individual dots (randomized at block level) when fully zoomed in.
Vector tiles so you can filter and explore the data.
I'll share this one publicly when it's ready.
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Rice rose to No. 16 nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, with its undergraduate engineering and business programs also climbing. news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
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Asha and Farid Virani Hall marks a true inflection point for Rice Business. This 112,000-square-foot facility expands our footprint by 65%, creating a central hub for our rapidly growing undergraduate and graduate programs.
Read more in @HOUBizJournal.
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A weekend you don't want to miss with the people and places you miss the most. Registration is open for Alumni Weekend! Join us Nov. 12-15 for a weekend of reunions, camaraderie and celebrating the Rice community. Register now at ow.ly/XpNc50ZO2ub
ALT Image of five people standing outside smiling at the camera and wearing lanyards. Above them is text that says registration open with the Rice Alumni Weekend logo in the bottom corner
