Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T22 |
0-39 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Teaching and Academic Research in Milan |
T23 |
40-175 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This balance and the constant sound of the ambulance sirens is weighing heavily on our minds when thinking about keeping doing science. |
T24 |
176-396 |
Sentence |
denotes |
At the University of Milan, where I work, since the 24th of February we have been caught up in a crescendo of restrictive measures, at first stopping on-site lectures and then locking research laboratories 2 weeks later. |
T25 |
397-554 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Even professors and assistant professors have been discouraged from accessing the site for preparing or carrying out online teaching: please do it from home. |
T26 |
555-690 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Only essential in-person activities, such as refills of cryogenic gases to NMR instruments, are currently authorized in our department. |
T27 |
691-859 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Chemistry courses are more effectively taught in the classroom, where the classical chalk and blackboard approach is paired with a direct interaction with the students. |
T28 |
860-958 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The many teaching laboratories we usually implement consolidate, hands-on, the knowledge acquired. |
T29 |
959-1064 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This winning combination has been cut by the impending safety requirements, shifting to e-learning alone. |
T30 |
1065-1183 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This resulted in many colleagues being elbows-deep in the last minute preparation of online versions of their courses. |
T31 |
1184-1431 |
Sentence |
denotes |
On the other hand, for the few fortunate enough to have completed their teaching duties the past semester, this might be a good time to write those papers that were laying unfinished on our desks, or to finally catch up with the recent literature. |
T32 |
1432-1703 |
Sentence |
denotes |
From a research point of view, while computational studies can continue from home, even if with a few mishaps here and there in remote access to servers or software licenses, all wet-lab experiments are on hold, and presumably will be for (at least) one (or more) months. |
T33 |
1704-1844 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This of course leads to personal concerns about being able to fulfill the commitment made upon receiving both national and European funding. |
T34 |
1845-2002 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Not less worrying is that the must of social distancing, if long lasting, would negatively impinge on the intrinsically collective nature of research groups. |
T35 |
2003-2085 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Returning to business as usual might not be as straightforward as one might think. |
T36 |
2086-2256 |
Sentence |
denotes |
As a society, especially for the younger generations, a useful lesson would be realizing that social media cannot fully substitute human contact and face-to-face talking. |