Events

Panel: Peter Rothschild, Michael Nelson, Chair Islesboro Affordable Properties, Housing Committee; Ned Truslow, Development Director, IAP Providing affordable housing is critical to the future sustainability of the island economy, the school, the ferry service, island businesses, and island institutions. As the cost of construction has risen dramatically of the last several years, the challenge of […]

Dr. David K. Watts Director, Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Colby College As Director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Colby College, David has launched pivotal initiatives that have established the college as a national leader of AI education. Under his leadership Colby was recently named one of the "15 Colleges Best Preparing […]

Michael S. Roth From Neutrality to Democracy: How Higher Ed Can Defend Democracy Michael S. Roth ’78 became the 16th president of Wesleyan University in 2007, after having served as Hartley Burr Alexander Professor of Humanities at Scripps College, Associate Director of the Getty Research Institute, and President of the California College of the Arts. […]

Ben Weiss   Robert R. Shrock Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MIT Ben studies the formation, evolution, and history of planets and small bodies, with a particular focus on planetary magnetism and habitability. He conducts laboratory analyses of planetary samples and in situ spacecraft exploration of solar system bodies to understand the history of […]