With smart phones, tweets, status updates, and e-mails, rumors spread faster than the W.H.O. can change the flu pandemic alert. Word on the street has been that three students on the Charles River Campus have come down with the much-talked about Swine Flu (or H1N1). I’m here to tell you: don’t believe the hype! My […]
April 29, 2009 at 7:23 am
Just started reading Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map. A timely read about the story of a of a cholera outbreak in 1854, within London 1854. It’s also about ideas for treating disease — ideas that we take for granted. Many people highly recommend this book. With discussion about swine flu and renewed concern about pandemic […]
April 27, 2009 at 5:03 am
Love this! It’s a great announcement for Spring.
April 24, 2009 at 7:17 am
The President is expecting us to stand up and do what we can to serve our communities, shape our history and enrich both our lives and the lives of others across this country. Here’s to making a difference.
April 24, 2009 at 7:02 am
Van Jones is pushing us to make connections. His work deals with links between sustainability, the economy, poverty, and race. He now serves as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality – an unique voice at the table. During this campus Earth week, O asked us […]
April 17, 2009 at 8:21 am
This weekend, campus teams of friends will camp out at the Track and Tennis Center and take turns walking or running around the track for this campus’ Relay for Life event – a 24-hour annual event for the American Cancer Society. This is a great opportunity to show love to survivors and to those who […]
April 14, 2009 at 6:57 am
We can always get together and have a great time. We also often miss the opportunities to pat ourselves on the back for the important, daily items in our lives that we might be able to call achievements. Today, we have a great opportunity to come together around great moments. Today, we will come together […]
April 10, 2009 at 5:32 am
I’m away from the office today, so Raul Fernandez, from the Howard Thurman Center is going to handle the C&C this afternoon – Raúl show ’em what you got: I have this week the unenviable task of filling in for Dean Elmore as the moderator of Coffee of Conversation. Well, as the great philosopher Eminem […]
Give me a great moment and I run to witness it. Jaw-dropping, tickle in your spine, hair standing on your arms, scream aloud go tell your friends moments of real joy can be hard to come by (or at least to discover every day). Even better, I love signifying about it when I run into […]
Last week marked a moment that happened forty-one years ago. The night before his murder, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his incredible sermons. Some believe it was one of his greatest, others believe that he actually preached his eulogy. In his final public speech, Dr. King reminded us to resist our selfish urge […]
