Sharing a bit of personal inspiration. Roger Berry’s sculpture in the lobby “Bouquet” is the latest in a continuum of the artist’s series of dichroic mirror and stainless steel sculptures at UC Davis. This work forms the eastern terminus of the pedestrian walkway proceeding West through the UCD academic core Read more…
The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light –Le Corbusier I find it appropriate that I am writing this note from Sun Valley, Idaho Not only is the town named after the sun, appropriately the light here is phenomenal. With clear air, light changes with the Read more…
About this year’s photograph:Susan captured this photograph of Trail Creek and Bald Mountain in Sun Valley. The Sun Valley Village is about ¼ mile to the right and our location is about ¼ mile to the left. We thought it captured a dynamic yet tranquil winter vastness of sun, light, Read more…
Our Project Progress – preparing for electric induction cooking.
Of course this is the motto of our alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. But it also is applies to an initiative set around the essential nature of light. Through our explorations and projects, we will share our observations. We owe much of this to not only our own Read more…
Thanks to Steven Lucero for a tour of the TEAM (Translating Engineering Advancements to Medicine) Laboratory on the UCD campus in Davis. Binda Mangat of Quorumtech joined me as we explored the space and the tools that the lab provides. Our curiosity surrounds the question of what do successful research Read more…
Here is a little preview of upcoming series of posts as we have been collecting data from interviews from across the country regarding this phenomenon and the contribution to education, health and community. How are the Anchor Institutions, the “Eds and Meds” evolving in their relationship to their host community? Read more…
Republishing this link as it is germaine to this day. This pandemic may be waning but rethinking our assumptions remains – for the better of community and home. While it may seem unfathomable that we rethink our very source of fuel – natural gas in this instance – we must Read more…
(I haven’t but Susan did on a visit this summer). Step Inside Six of the Chillest Rooms on Earth: https://www.gq.com/story/sick-rooms-on-earth “The late, great George Nakashima also had a vision for sustainable design—and a premonition, back in the ’70s, that nature would be much happier if we stopped extracting its fossil Read more…
Looking back at my tiny window as steward of a campus, I feel we succeeded in avoiding the obvious pitfalls of changing everything without comprehension of the history, the resources, the culture and the values of a university and the community. There are many layers to a community’s history. Understanding Read more…