by Jenae Cohn | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is me in front of a mural in Jeonju, South Korea. I have wings! A symbol for soaring to new heights in 2019! I love the concept of a New Year’s resolution: it’s reflection-in-action, an opportunity to look back on what the year before was like and to aspire...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
A year of learning, I look back on 2018 and my favorite reads (many of which I accessed while visiting and spending time in the Salt Lake City Public Library, pictured here). End-of-year lists are one of my favorite things to read in December. From year-end books to...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
At a place like Stanford, a lot of people (and this includes both people outside of and inside the university) believe that the students are naturally gifted tech whizzes. Maybe it has to do with the fact that Stanford is located in the heart of Silicon Valley and...
by Jenae Cohn | Oct 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
I awakened yesterday morning to the news about the shootings at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I felt mostly numb. Anti-semitism is not new. It is part of living life as a Jewish-American. I still remember that Jewish synagogues in my hometown of Sacramento...
by Jenae Cohn | Sep 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Imagine you are a student again. You have been assigned a classroom to attend your first class session of a new semester or quarter. You walk into the classroom for the first time and when you open the door, you are a bit surprised by what you see: an empty room with...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been at my current job for two years now, and I still find that I’m explaining it a lot to people. The job title itself – “Academic Technology Specialist” – is not particularly clear on the surface and, for anyone outside of a...
