Daliances: Doctor Bill Goes to China

Dr. C. William 'Bill' Anderson
Elliott Professor of Chemistry
on Sabbatical in Dalian, China
2008-09

Hello! Ni hao ma? Wo hen hao.

At the heart of a sabbatical is the opportunity for refreshing change of perspective that will allow us to have improved insight for students and intellect.  For those of you who were not here for my last sabbatical in the US Virgin Islands, I like to send home little anecdotes and observations that can only happen in far away lands.  This comes from years of listening to Alistair Cooke's "Letter from America" on the BBC.  While raised in the UK, he spent much of his adult life in the US.  He would regularly send home comments about the way things were done in the US.  His insights were always slightly amusing from a different culture, but were always "friend of the court" briefs.  A few times this year, I will email some of my incredibly perceptive insights.  Or maybe just some limericks.  This is the first installment of "Daliances: Doctor Bill Goes to China".  I bet they don't make an opera out of this, though. Full Story...