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March 2021 Director’s Corner
Think Globally, Act Locally The phrase is a familiar call to action, used in a variety of contexts from mathematics to corporate social responsibility to a wide range of environmental issues. At first glance it seems entirely pragmatic and appropriate to all of the instances in which it is utilized, reminding us to see the larger picture, and then to offer our individual actions to that...
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‘Tis a season of lists: Zoom calls, errands, year-end reports, gifts. In the spirit of trying to let as few spinning plates drop as possible, I requested, and received, my father’s Christmas list. He’s a well-read, independent, widowed, and talkative 87-year old native New Yorker, and so the list is always thoughtful and intentional, a window into his thoughts and needs. While it included the...
Read MoreOctober 2020 Director’s Corner
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” Mary Oliver, American poet Paying attention. What an almost overwhelming thought at this point in 2020. And yet, we are generally in this line of work because we do pay attention to things that are unseen for many: movement of organisms and constituents; presence or absence; how many and of what type; when and where. But, between...
Read MoreAugust 2020 Director’s Corner
It’s a turbulent time, waters once calm are now swirling, and footing is harder to come by. We can’t work in the usual way, can’t communicate in the manner we’re accustomed to, can’t assume that the trajectories of programs and efforts will continue on the same path. But we still have work to do, we crave conversations that matter, and we need to accelerate, not slow, our progress. How can we...
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Suddenly, Dual Citizenship Did you wake up one morning in March and feel as if you had arrived in a foreign land on an overnight flight, lost your laptop on the way, were scheduled to be the speaker at some sort of event, and didn’t know the language? That’s how I’ve viewed my sudden travel to immersion in the digital world (Zoomtopia), learning a new way of working on that overnight flight. I’m...
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Dear Colleagues, Weaving has always fascinated me, both the process and its possible results. Teaching and research over the past ten years have given me the gift of significant time in the Peruvian Andes, where pieces woven by experienced hands tell beautiful and detailed stories of place and culture, but only if one learns how to read them. That’s how I view my first month at CRC, the start of...
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