The Commons

Lewis Hyde — a professor at Kenyon College, MacArthur fellow, Berkman fellow, author of The Gift among other books — was here at for a lunchtime presentation on his work on the Commons.  Prof. Jamie Boyle of Duke Law School showed up, too, as did former Berkman Center ED Eric Saltzman.  As a writer and not … Read more

Herald story gets it mostly right

The Boston Herald ran a nice piece this morning on Dave Winer’s fellowship to the Berkman Center and on our blogging initiative that he’s heading up.  I liked that Tom Walsh, the reporter, focused on the extent to which we’re aiming to help break down barriers at the university between the schools and the research … Read more