reflections and notes

"...it was decided that it was easier to silence him by means of the hemlock than to cure the evils of which he complained." From Socrates, in Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy.

2008

LogBlog (beginning February, intermittent postings thereafter) (html)

Un-Sustainability (March) (html)

Update of 2001 Research Benchmarks tables (May) (html)

"An Institution of Choice" (November) (html)

"Building the Future at the University of Rhode Island: Reflections on a RI legislative report" (November) (html)

2007

Learning for a New Culture (May) (html)

Waking Up in the Century of Limits (August 2007) (html)

2006

Update of 2001 Research Benchmarks tables (April) (html)

Concerns About the Biotechnology Building (August) (html)

2005

Confluence: Returning to Roots at URI (html)

Web Development Curricula in Research Universities

2004

Shared Governance in CELS (html)

College Meetings and Principle-Centered Leadership (html)

2001

Research Benchmarks: Funding University Research Operations and Infrastructure (html)

2000

Strategic Plan: Director of Land Grant Programs (html)

1999

RIAES History: How the RI Agricultural Experiment Station Came to Be (html)

Reinventing the Research University: A Blueprint for the University of Rhode Island (html)

USDA-CSREES Plan of Work for RIAES / RICE (html)

1998

EBI: Environmental Biotechnology Initiative—Concept Paper (html)