It’s so easy to post on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. I mean, they don’t make me lazy, really, I do that to myself, but they do enable the soundbite that […]
Speaking of giants: Congrats, Macaulay Class of 2014 graduation!
June 9, 2014 by
To the Macaulay Honors College, Class of 2014 — Do you remember the first time we met, back in 2010? Under a certain giant whale? Right from the start, I […]
The Confidence Gap: check this out.
April 17, 2014 by
A review of personnel records at Hewlett-Packard found that women applied for a promotion only when they believed they met 100 percent of the qualifications listed for the job. Men were […]
Ding, dong, the #SAT is…not quite dead. My 2 cents on where College Board and Coleman got it right, plus a roll-up of some press.
March 6, 2014 by
He’ll be blamed for doing too much, for doing too little, and for thinking that he can swap the Darth Vader cloak of the College Board for the Technicolor Dreamcoat […]
The weekend ends with great sorrow at the loss of Isaiah O’Kane, Hunter ’17.
December 9, 2013 by
We are deeply sorry to share the sad news that a beloved member of our community, Isaiah O’Kane, Hunter ’17, died today from a serious subway accident that occurred on […]
Responding to emails, calls, and more re @macaulayhonors #CUNY and the first day of our Professor #Petraeus seminar.
September 13, 2013 by
Monday, Sept 9 2013 was a great day for learning. Millions of NYC school children returned to their classrooms. New Yorkers were preparing to exercise their right to vote. And […]
What’s a university good for….and other mysteries.
September 11, 2013 by
Our university is a place where complex issues and points of view across the political and cultural spectrum are considered and debated in the hopes that we might offer solutions to the […]
Dr. Petraeus teaching at Macaulay for $1, no typo there, just good will. Wonder if you know it when you see it?
July 15, 2013 by
Macaulay has been much in the news lately. So here is an update: Dr. David Petraeus, our Visiting Professor of Public Policy for 2013-2014, will be teaching his honors seminar, “Are We […]
A Father’s Day salute to Paul Soros: a remarkable man, brilliant and kind and compassionate.
June 16, 2013 by
Here’s the NYT obituary with the sad news that Paul died yesterday, and some details about his distinguished career. On top of his engineering genius, which transformed ports and shipping all […]
That Earp Curse! I hope it didn’t follow me to Santa Barbara.
May 31, 2013 by
Leaving beautiful Santa Barbara this morning. Never thought of it as setting for one of my favorite dystopia films, though Day One: Saw the wild fires as soon as we […]