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August 31, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

An Abu Dhabi Day

5:00 a.m. Wake up and call home to say good-night. (It’s 9:00 p.m. in NYC). Try and fail to go back to sleep. Nothing doing. Go to computer. Stream Emmy Awards via Slingbox from my dad’s apartment in NYC. Ain’t the internet amazing? 6:00 a.m. Look at the window of 19th-floor Sama Tower apartment at [...]

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August 29, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

Let the Great Work Begin

As I flew into Abu Dhabi airport the other night to attend the opening of NYU Abu Dhabi, I thought a line from Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America: “The Great Work Begins.” The line first occurs when an angel arrives at the end of the play’s first part, Millennium Approaches, and also serves as [...]

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August 15, 2010 by Cyrus Patell

NYUAD Blogging

Two weeks from today, I’ll be in Abu Dhabi, participating in the first day of NYU Abu Dhabi’s faculty orientation. The students arrive a week later. In the interval, I’m hoping to start up a set of conversations among the faculty and deans about ongoing curricular and pedagogical initiatives. I’ll be at NYUAD an average [...]

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August 1, 2010 by cptwitter

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

Sunday morning in Amsterdam, walking by canals, mostly visitors out and about. # Nice refresher on early 20thc art at Hermitage Amsterdam: "Matisse to Malevich." Fave pic: big Kandinsky, 1st fully abstract. # Glad I went to the Hermitage early. Super long lines at both Rijks and Van Gogh. New plan: go to one 1st [...]