"Big dreams are transformative," Roger Knudson, director of the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at Miami University of Ohio, said in a telephone interview.
"For many of us making this film was a transformative experience," the director says, gesturing at his greying hair.
For the Block Museum the gift is "transformative," according to its director, Lisa Corrin.
After 10 tumultuous, transformative years as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, Gerard Mortier has delivered his last two new opera productions, which will be playing in repertory until his last festival ends on Aug. 31.
According to National Science Foundation NSFF) Director A. Bement, 'Transformative research is … research driven by ideas that stand a reasonable chance of radically changing our understanding of an important existing scientific concept or leading to the creation of a new paradigm or field of science.
Great actors generally emerge through the transformative vision of great directors, and that's certainly true of one of this year's Oscar front-runners, Leonardo DiCaprio, a Best Actor nominee for his performance in "The Revenant".
"It's transformative," said Matilda McQuaid, deputy curatorial director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA In 2009 Esa-Pekka Salonen ended his transformative run as the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to, he said, concentrate on composing.
"We know that if we get them there, it can be transformative," Jonathan B. Jarvis, the Park Service's director, said in a telephone interview.
"He was a transformative figure," said Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International USA.
