January 17, 2021
MLK Day 2021: “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
“The memory of our warmest heart is Celebrated in bitter winter’s time” —from Robert Earl Price, “Baltimore: Aftermath of a Dream Deferred (MLK Birthday 2018)”(full poem at end) Ninety-two years […]
December 14, 2020
Muddling Through the COVID Christmas
Lonelier and quieter winter holidays await us in the midst of the pandemic
November 20, 2020
Thanksgiving 2020
I look out my office window and see the students walking by in their masks and think of the stories they will tell their children about college during the pandemic. […]
September 1, 2020
Back to School — 2020
As September begins and, yes, the air in upstate New York starts to show a little crispness, I’m struck by what an unusual start of school this pandemic fall presents. […]
July 4, 2020
America: you great unfinished symphony
July 4, 2020: no fireworks, no parades, no summer blockbuster movies, no concerts, no town-wide celebrations, and—if you’re smart—no beaches, no large family reunions, no big vacations. Such is our […]
June 1, 2020
Statement on George Floyd
Dear Sage Community, I write today in response to the killing of George Floyd and the protests that have followed across the nation in the week that has unfolded since […]
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