ALWAYS ON
American Irish Breakfast
Homecoming Bonfire is scheduled for 9:45 PM tonight, preceded by food trucks and festivities beginning at 6 PM. The freshman class builds the bonfire, continuing a tradition dating to 1909.
Rowing
Competitive rowing originated in England, evolving from contests among professional Thames watermen during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Collegiate rowing emerged at Oxford and Cambridge in the early nineteenth century, with their first Boat Race in 1829. The sport subsequently spread to American universities, becoming an enduring tradition of athletic competition. Today we sort the best practice literature for safety and enjoyment.
The Bonfire
Professor Mark Lucas' constructed a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s handmade cabin from Walden on his own farm. Here, students in his American literature class recreate a “busk,” a favorite Thoreau tradition based on a bonfire purification ritual common in all cultures.
Fall Watersport
Today we update our understanding of best practice catalogs for outdoor and indoor watersport; swimming, rowing, water polo, sailing and fishing among them. Water chemistry, electrocution risk, illumination, timing and measurements systems present challenges that routinely require resolution. With links to the inaugural season of the new College Swimming League.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC.
Bulletin Board
Curated list of open consultations and calls for information from state, federal and global agencies.
Marina & Boatyard Electrical Safety
The return to campus inspires a revisit of the US standard for electrical and fire safety near water. Many colleges, universities and trade schools with academic and research programs are responsible for safety of facilities located on fresh and saltwater shorelines. Public comment on the Second Draft of the 2031 Edition is receivable until June 1, 2028.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooled up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code and public release of the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code
Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa & Hot Tub Code
The provisions of this code apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of swimming pool, spa, and hot tub systems. The current edition is dated 2024, with the 2027 edition deep into its final revisions.