at Pocantico Hills where there is one Matise and several Chagall stained glass windows and enjoyed beautiful water views. During our train ride back to New York City were felt satisfied both emotionally and physically. Running south on the east bank of the Hudson River, I admired the sunset and reflected on the wonderful opportunity we had that day to slow down and recharge in communion with nature and simplicity.

My sister in law Frances is an expert at improvising in the kitchen. For more times than I can remember, I have seen her juggle in the kitchen to feed a large group of unannounced guests with delicious homemade meals. This rice is inspired in one of her trademarks. She makes it in a rice cooker, but I don’tEarl
Lewis to become EVP & provost, July 1: Earl Lewis, dean
of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University
of Michigan, will become Emory’s first African American provost
on July 1. Lewis was nominated by President Jim Wagner on March
2, then confirmed by the Board of Trustees the next day. Partly
because of 20-year-old perceptions—he almost joined Emory’s
faculty after earning his doctorate in 1984—Lewis said at
first he was hesitant about pursuing the position, but the search
committee and Wagner won him over. “There was this sense
that, if I took a good look at Emory, it may be a place I could
comfortably call home,” Lewis said. Photo
by Martin Vloet at University of Michigan Photo Services.

Emory
Profile: Mike Mandl: Mike
Mandl, executive vice president for finance and administration, joined
Emory’s senior leadership team last