Archive - Words

The Player of Games

I don’t write much these days. But I found a bit of time to write about one of my favorite books.

Apr 28 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2025

September 2024

A Q&A with Board Chair Ramanan Raghavendran

Interview in PennToday at the six month point.

Sep 18, 2024 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

March 2024

My Eight Best Books of 2023

Here's the best of what I read in 2023. Prior lists: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Last year, I disrupted and innovated like crazy by…

Mar 4, 2024 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

February 2024

Ramanan Raghavendran Elected Trustees Chair

Interview in Penn Gazette.

Feb 23, 2024 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2024

Ramanan Raghavendran named chair of Penn Board of Trustees

Announcement article in PennToday.

Jan 4, 2024 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

July 2023

My learning journey at Stanford continued in the late spring with a class on gender issues in Imperial China. Also: the meaning of time!

Jul 31, 2023 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

June 2023

Ep. 1. Karen Seto on Cities

Listen now (15 min) | Ramanan Raghavendran speaks with Karen Seto about the effect of climate change on our cities.

Published on In Our Hands • Jun 17, 2023

14:54

The Rich Must Change

The rich need to make more dramatic behavioral changes to save the planet.

Published on In Our Hands • Jun 8, 2023

May 2023

Giving Up and Other Blasphemies

Declaring failure is sometimes the right thing to do

May 27, 2023 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

April 2023

We Have Some Trust Issues

No, a portable polygraph machine is not the answer.

Apr 23, 2023 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

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