Here’s what you SHOULD read about the Showdown in Charlottesville. http://bit.ly/LDpKsu

A thought-provoking and nuanced discussion of the role of trustees and the complexities of university governance in a time of change.

This is one shout-out that I can’t enjoy. I’m a sad @U VA alum. http://chronicle.com/article/UVa-Board-Members-E-Mails/132431/

In case you aren’t a Chronicle subscriber, here’s the relevant portion from today’s article — and why are we reading trustees’ private emails?? On June 10, Ms. Sullivan and the […]

Great progress on one of my favorite places, @GovernorsIsland. http://nyti.ms/JApJdx

Water, electricity, and a hammock grove — who could ask for anything more?

As a doctor’s wife and doctor’s mother, I loved this online course in biology, suitable for St. Patrick’s day. #macaulayhonors

I learned a lot!  

Yeats prompting me in Istabul

THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, […]

I am one happy Giants fan! An Eli beat an Aaron….

Happy tenth anniversary Macaulay, it was a great night @macaulayhonors.

“Have the courage to follow your heart and your intuition,” said Steve Jobs.

Obama had it beautifully right: much of the world learned about Jobs’ passing in a way that Jobs invented. As I sat in a meeting yesterday, iPhones and iPads and […]

Internet slow as molasses….is it my cable modem or one more of Irene’s torture technique? And now it is pouring in NYC.

Congrats to Smarthistory, one of TIME’s best websites of 2011! http://ti.me/oihfpC

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