Posted in Entertainment, tagged Donna Murphy, Favorite Broadway Musicals, Favorite Theatre Shows, In the Heights, Wicked, Wonderful Town on May 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This past week, my wife and I watched the musical In the Heights in San Francisco. A Broadway production, In the Heights, won four Tony Awards in 2008, including Best Musical. A very enjoyable performance—it made me think where it stacked up amongst the various theatre performances I’ve seen over the years around the world. Here’s my ranking of the 7 major theatre shows I’ve seen in different cities.
1. Wonderful Town– New York (more…)
Posted in Travel, tagged 16 inch softball, Central Park, English Garden, Golden Gate Park, Grant Park, Hyde Park, Hyde Park vs Central Park, Stanley Park, Urban City Parks on May 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I just returned from a trip to New York City and had an opportunity to make it to Central Park for the second time in 3 months. These visits to Central Park reminded me how much I enjoy urban parks- they add real character to the great urban centers of the world. This has inspired a list—my favorite urban parks that I’ve been to and the reasons why…..
Posted in Education, Globalization, Silicon Valley, tagged Academic Globalization, Ben Wildavsky, Global Mobility in Higher Education, How Global Universities are Reshaping the World, IIT Mumbai, International Universiities, KAUST, The Great Brain Race, The Race between Education and Technology on May 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This week I attended a World Affairs council lecture titled Academic Globalization- How International Universities are Reshaping the World. Author Ben Wildavsky, former Education Editor for US News & World Report and currently a fellow at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, discussed his recent book titled, The Great Brain Race, How Global Universities are Reshaping the World.
The focus of the discussion was around the increasing globalization of higher education. Wildavsky focused on three themes:
Reading, Writing, and Reflecting 