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Remembering that the University is a ‘Place’: On Placemaking and Institutional Leadership in the Arts and Design at a2ru

By
Shannon Jackson, Associate Vice Chancellor, Berkeley Arts + Design

Placemaking. It’s become something of a buzzword, with more than a little ambiguity about what it means.

Together Creatively, near and far

By
Shannon Jackson, Associate Vice Chancellor

Perhaps all of us have heard too many times that this was “a year like no other.” It was indeed a “surreal” year and a year to which many are happily bidding good riddance.  Of course, it was also a year that propelled a good deal of reflection about what it means to be healthy, what it means to be just, and w