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April 30, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

Whaling in Dallas

I’m feeling very twenty-first century at the moment, even though part of my mind is firmly rooted in the nineteenth. That’s because I’m typing this post on an iPad at an altitude of about 32,000 feet, connected to wi-fi on an American Airlines flight to Dallas, where I’ll be attending the world premiere of Jake [...]

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April 28, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

Into the Deep

In the summer of 2008, I had the opportunity to meet the documentary filmmaker Ric Burns and to serve as a consultant for his film on the American whaling industry, Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World. I’ve been a fan of Burns’s work since watching The Civil War, the documentary series on which [...]

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April 26, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

NYUAD ADH

I’m pleased to announce here that I have accepted the position of Associate Dean for Humanities for NYU Abu Dhabi. An official announcement from NYUAD is forthcoming later this week. My mission is to help NYUAD Dean of Arts and Humanities Reindert Falkenburg and the newly appointed Associate Dean for the Arts, Mo Ogrodnik, ensure [...]

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April 18, 2010 by cptwitter

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18

Attending the Conference on Teaching with Technology sponsored by NYU's Center for Teaching Excellence. # Cool thing shown by Mary de Wysocki, Director of Global Education for Cisco: Sixth Sense Demo by Patti Maes of MIT at TED Conference. # Here is the link: http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html # @McCaw420 I'm in the front, with iPad. So what's [...]