What might the climate crisis mean for higher education’s future? I’m writing this post very much in the present, as parts of the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean are reeling from multiple, literally extraordinary hurricanes. 

The 25-year-old woman had suffered through decades of medical nightmares. A native of Tianjin, a city roughly two hours west of Beijing, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 11 years ago. A chronic autoimmune disease, her body’s immune system