A couple people have asked about suggestions for useful items with which to furnish their (or their student's) dorm room.
While I am not going to list obvious things, like soap and shampoo, I want to say that
Stealing a page from Melis's book, check out this awesome article about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England's major newspaper.
Figuring ways to go faster with the flow
By Phil Mc