Dear CSE Colleagues, For those of us in the US mid-Atlantic region and parts of the Midwest, the past few weeks have been filled with the buzzing alien sounds of Brood X cicadas, also known as the Great Eastern Brood, who emerged this spring after 17 years underground. The sound of trillions of cicadas singing […]
Categories: President's Letters
Dear CSE Colleagues, I hope you are all well and were able to participate in CSE’s Virtual Annual Meeting a few weeks ago. I’d like to reiterate here what I said at the business meeting: It has been a true pleasure to work with Past President Carissa Gilman over the last year. As a leader, […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, Next week is our annual meeting, which is the culmination of a year of planning and hard work by our Program Committee, led by co-chairs Emma Shumeyko and Brittany Swett. Emma, Brittany, and I spent a lot of time discussing the theme of this year’s meeting. We wanted to keep it positive […]
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Tags: Annual Meeting, Athena, Short Courses
Dear CSE Colleagues, Earlier today I went to a mass vaccination site to get my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. While I was waiting in line for my number to be called, I kept thinking back to my first letter to you as CSE president, when I wrote, “I remain optimistic about the power […]
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Tags: Annual Meeting, Instagram, Short Courses
Dear CSE Colleagues, It’s sunny and warm in Atlanta today after what felt like weeks of cold rain, and it’s starting to seem like spring might actually arrive soon. That means the 2021 CSE Virtual Annual Meeting is right around the corner, and I could not be more excited about what the Program Committee, led […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, Many of us have been anticipating this new year for so long that it is hard to believe it is finally here. We are weary from uncertainty, worry, anger, and loss. And, unfortunately, this year did not get off to the auspicious start many of us might have hoped. Instead, we find […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, It’s 6pm, and I’m about to start my 6th meeting of the day. I just rushed my dogs through their evening walk while there was still daylight left, brewed another mug of coffee to help me make it to the finish line, and then had a moment of panic that I might […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, I have just finished day 2 of the CSE Fall Symposium, and already I can’t wait to listen to the recordings for the concurrent sessions I was unable to attend. Our 2020 Program Committee Co-chairs Emilie Gunn and Peter Olson put together a fantastic lineup of content that was topical, relevant, and […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, Next week (September 21-25) is Peer Review Week, and the theme this year, Trust in Peer Review, could not be more timely in light of the current pandemic. All around us, we see the repercussions of a failure of trust in science, as people chafe against mask mandates and ignore social distancing […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, Summer has always been my favorite season, and August is my favorite month. Here in Georgia, the evenings are long, and the cicadas are buzzing. I just finished attending a CSE Happy Hour on burnout and silver linings, where Professional Development Committee Co-Chair Karen Stanwood led us in a conversation about mindfulness […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, I was talking to a colleague over email the other day, and he said something I’m sure many of us can relate to. “I seem to be spending all day on Zoom calls, which is the perfect recipe for putting in 12-14 hour days since you can’t get any work done unless […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, I want to extend my thanks to everyone who has reached out to express interest in serving on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. It’s not too late to be a part of this initiative, so if you would like to participate, please email me at [email protected] In addition, there are […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, As I write this from my home in downtown Atlanta, the sounds of hovering helicopters and sirens have started up for the evening as people gather for the sixth consecutive day of protests against police brutality and systemic racism. Around the nation, citizens demand justice and an end to the egregious abuses […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, I hope you were able to join us at the annual business meeting. But if you weren’t, I want to start by reiterating what an honor it is to take the gavel from Past President Dana Compton. Dana and I served as Program Co-Chairs for the 2016 Annual Meeting in Denver, and […]
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Dear CSE Colleagues, It’s hard to believe this is the last President’s letter I’ll be writing. The past three years that I’ve served as Vice President, President-Elect, and President, have been rewarding, challenging, and—especially recently!—full of the unexpected. It’s been an honor serving CSE, and I thank you all for entrusting me with leadership of […]
Categories: President's Letters