Scientifically, We’re Way Ahead of Our Maturation
January 14, 2021
Michael M. Crow is president of Arizona State University and a knowledge enterprise architect and science and technology policy scholar. He is the coauthor, most recently, of
The Fifth Wave: The Evolution of American Higher Education, which addresses how large-scale public universities are evolving to effect social change. Before joining the Zócalo Public Square event, “Can Higher Education Be Transformed to Better Serve Society?,” he called into our green room to talk hiking, his late-night and early-morning news consumption, and what his personal animal mascot would be.
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In search of Bear Mountain
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December 20, 2020HEBRON Where is Bear Mountain? has been a running joke for my four sisters and me for more than a quarter of a century. That s how much time had elapsed since we first hiked over that mountain in Hebron when, on a brisk November day in 2020, I decided it was time to find the summit.
Joined by my sister Debbie, we headed up Bear Mountain Trail from the abandoned Hebron-Alexandria turnpike armed with topo maps, trail descriptions, and, most importantly this time, a GPS that gave elevation readings. As a soft, cold rain started falling, we cheerfully stood on a ledge overlooking the picturesque Newfound Lake and proclaimed our success: we were standing on the official summit of Bear Mountain. Smiling, we posed by the sign I had routed and painted, snapped a photo, and headed back to the turnpike via the Elwell Trail.