The Passing of Two Giants on January 7, 2022On December 26, we lost two icons of enlightenment: Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu and two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient, biology professor E. O. Wilson (there is no Nobel award for biology). We were saddened, as citizens of the world and as colleagues, to learn of the loss of these two men, both of whom contributed […]
Reflecting on Kofi Annan: Can We Love What We are Without Hating What We are Not? on August 30, 2018Kofi Annan will long be remembered for his celebrated, if sometimes controversial, term as secretary general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, and for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. He will be remembered no less for his decency, thoughtfulness, eloquence, disarming frankness, commitment to service, and for his humility. He will […]