Pandemic Stories

In the very early days of the pandemic, writer and professor George Saunders sent out a beautiful, prescient email to his creative writing students. It begins: “Dear, [Syracuse University] writers — jeez, what a hard and depressing and scary time, so much suffering and anxiety everywhere. I saw this bee happily buzzing around a flower […]

College During the Pandemic:
How Students Create Success

The Skills of the Future The World Economic Forum’s  Future of Jobs Report 2020 ranks resilience, stress tolerance, flexibility, and creativity among the top ten skills of 2025.  The question for universities and employers then becomes how to train the next generation in these skills to set them up for success in today’s job market.  Faced with […]