After much debate, we decided to organize our new Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (opened Fall 2008; see www.stolaf.edu/regentshall) in a manner that fosters interdisciplinarity, while sustaining disciplinary foundations.
WB: What is the overall plan for sustaining your foundation?
If Russians and Americans want to see a future relationship that doesn't need a reset every few years, both sides must be willing to sustain the foundations of dialogue and exchange that they have built up since the end of the Cold War.
Truth is you haven't been able to sustain the foundation.
Naturally evolved protein scaffolds can often serve as robust foundations for sustaining artificial active sites constructed by rational design, directed evolution, or a combination of the two strategies.
All these well-intentioned schemes hope to do is recreate the water-cooler effect: the incidental discussions, those informal links between departments that are the very foundation of sustaining success and encouraging great ideas.
But they need to show that the relationship matters, put an end to destructive cycles of provocation and response and take steps to sustain long-term foundations in joint investment, travel and exchanges.
My hope for the company this year is to continue to reach new markets and to reach a point where we can sustain a charitable foundation.
Nevertheless, despite the increased settlements, the rocking pier appears to have a crucial advantage over the conventional pier: not only does it avoid collapse but it also exhibits a particularly effective and ductile 'fuse' mode of response, as its rocking foundation sustains a large number of loading cycles with no apparent deterioration of strength.
Urban soils are large pools of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements, supporting plant growth, sustaining biogeochemical cycles, and serving as the foundation for maintaining ecosystem function and services of urban green spaces (UGS).
