Word: relevantizing
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This reality has forced the museum to go beyond bottling frogs and stuffing birds. Researchers at the museum now take DNA from specimens and posts catalogues of its collections to the Internet to keep itself relevant to contemporary biology.
This role is central to the concept of a collection, according to Hanken. He does concede, however, that there was a period when museums no longer seemed as relevant to scientific research.
Schroeder said he hopes to keep the company “fresh and relevant.” He will focus on the efficacy of the foundation’s advertisements, because, he said, “what works this year might not work next year.”
The authors also said the privacy rationale will soon become less relevant, with a planned military barracks construction program giving most men and women private baths and bedrooms within the next few years.
As a member of the Radcliffe Crew Team, I attended the Athletic Department’s mandatory diversity training last Wednesday night. I found the training session to be very poorly done, indeed, highly problematic, and came away deeply disturbed. The next morning, I was excited to see the Crimson...