a trial, with your peers

First off, Laura brilliantly beat me to this (see below, we’re posting nearly simultaneously tonight, because GREAT MINDS), but : it is registration time around here, so if anyone has BURNING questions (or any other kind, I suppose) please feel free to reach out and let us know.  We are happy to help.
On that note, [...]

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a heartbreaking work of no genius…

TWO MONTHS since my last post, internets.  TWO MONTHS.  I am not going to apologize for my dereliction of duty because a) let’s be honest, couldn’t we all tell where my next few posts were going to go (policy lab) and b) Tushar and Laura were such a breath of fresh air around here.  I [...]

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The Excel Spreadsheet of Doom

Well, internet, you may have heard there was some ruckus going on at the New School lately, and I can report this: most of us were honestly so crazed about Lab that after our question “OK, but CAN WE USE THE MEETING SPACE?” was answered, my compadres and I really didn’t have time to raise [...]

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second verse, same as the first

I don’t want to further jinx us but I think after another round of revisions, that our Round 1 brief is finally completed.  Today my new group met with our client (also new to Round 2) and, frankly, I still don’t know exactly what day it is owing to how crazy this week has been.
One [...]

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lather, rinse, repeat

We finished our brief.
Tomorrow: we begin Round 2 and another group, another supervisor, and another client.
I know I’m not alone in feeling as though I am not sure how much I have learned and grown and changed from going through this process so far, in Lab, but I know it’s quite a bit.  I’m only [...]

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“spring break” for a frustrated foodie

Wow, I really haven’t  updated in far too long, but if you had followed me around in real time with a camera, internets….well, frankly it would have been a mix of sadness, giggles, exhaustion, medication, occasionally irrational outbursts, and usually ending up at laughing again.  That’s something at least.
To use a great line from “The [...]

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I think we’re in good shape!

Nature of the Problem:
Students have to prepare a thoughtful, concise, engaging PowerPoint presentation which will deliver some solutions and analysis to their clients, who were assigned 4? weeks ago.
Underlying Issues:
Susceptibility of bodies to prolonged virus exposure; crowded space/working conditions; having more issues to discuss and analyze than hours available to do so; fatigue; emotional stress; [...]

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sick and tired…

Yes, my friends, that is where your faithful pals and colleagues have been in policy-land: sick and very very tired.
Word of warning: there are now so many rhinoviruses (sounds more menacing than “germs”, doesn’t it?) floating around the Milano building that I would not blink if the heretofore unaffected started sporting scary spaceman outfits, so [...]

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everything we thought it would be…and more

Wait, so it has only been 1 week?
One?  And today is…Sunday?
Welcome to Week 2 of Lab, wherein Our Heroes regroup and mightily (yet nimbly) design and complete “research” for their project, which we will shorthand here for reasons of propriety and professionalism as The Transformers.
The Transformers project is progressing, and though it feels so much [...]

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after a long winter’s nap…

Monday we return to classes at Milano, and we’ve all spent our breaks differently.  I excitedly began my new job on the Monday after classes ended in December, so I haven’t had any time “off” during the day, but as fitting my part-time status have enjoyed having my evenings free and catching up on some [...]

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