I received news earlier this week that a trip I’d been planning is indeed going ahead. The year-long project is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and my institution, and it’s being co-investigated by an MIT researcher and myself.
It’ll be my first time to that part of the world – as in the East Coast of the country – and I really look forward to the trip and experience working there. Boston is one of most historically-rich and culturally significant cities in the United States. Harvard is just nearly next door to where I’ll be situated in MIT, and there are several museums I’m already interested in visiting there in the campus’ ground.
The on-site segment itself will be about a month long (there were some early discussions about the trip possibly being longer and that worried Ling), and I’d likely be traveling around the region too on shorter business-related trips to meet, make contact points, network and the like. It seems unlikely I’d be able to make a post-trip visit to our angmo bud in Missouri though. The June trip occurs during semester time, and the school is going to want me immediately right back. So, Matt’s resolved to see if he can make the trip from the mid-West over to where I’m at instead.:)
My only worry? That Hannah forgets me by the time I return in mid-July! :)
I’m definitely heading to Boston for a weekend this June. :)
Wish I could join you guys. Have a good time catching up. :)