Michael Stephens attended the session entitled, "Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture" in October, 2011, at the Salzburg Global Seminar. While onsite, he disseminated the ideas

Michael Stephens attended the session entitled, "Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture" in October, 2011, at the Salzburg Global Seminar. While onsite, he disseminated the ideas and information from the conference on his blog, "Tame the Web".

Dr. Michael Stephens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.

An interview with Nobel Prize winning economist Michael Spence on how to

An interview with Nobel Prize winning economist Michael Spence on how to encourage stronger global economic growth. A. Michael Spence is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is the chairman of an independent Commission on Growth and Development, created in 2006 and focused on growth and poverty reduction in developing countries.Published on Apr 6, 2015 by McKinsey and Company.

At no time in Portland's history have so many citizens been affected by new architecture. New buildings --bold, beautiful, middling, or downright ugly-- are rising in every neighborhood of the

At no time in Portland's history have so many citizens been affected by new architecture. New buildings --bold, beautiful, middling, or downright ugly-- are rising in every neighborhood of the city. The city has a process --Design Review-- to decide what buildings make the grade. But its most stringent oversight only applies to downtown and few other, innermost districts.

How does design review work? How well is it working? Should it be expanded to other parts of the city? Three prominent design advocates who have overseen the city's review during three distinct eras share their opinions about how to get the best buildings for the city. Panelists: Michael McCullouch, architect, urban designer and developer; Guenevere Millius, President of Parachute Strategies and chair of the Design Commission; John Russell, President of Russell Development Company. Randy Gragg, director of the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center, will moderate the program.Published on May 30, 2014