Radu’s Rides
Radu Craiu writes:
Time is a strange instrument capable of doing many things to us, but if I had to choose its material impersonation, I would probably choose the accordion for a number of reasons. We all learned at some point that time can make us sing with joy or…
Radu Craiu writes:
A little while ago, I found myself in the middle of January without a new year resolution, and it hurt that I could not find a part of me which required at most a year to fix. This had nothing to do with me thinking I was…
Radu Craiu writes:
Halfway through writing this sentence, I lost focus. I cannot remember if it was because my email pinged, a phone message arrived, or a student knocked at my door asking for directions, literally or figuratively. I used to think that the rewards for my job were the…
Summer’s change of pace has made our contributing editor Radu Craiu ponder, just how beige is a statistics professor’s life, and how colourful is our future?
Summer is when we are reminded, more than ever, that the world has colours. Sharp, vibrant colours that often accompany things that taste…
Our contributing editor Radu Craiu, University of Toronto, recalls his early experiences of attending conferences as a young, green student… and the transformative power of simply being acknowledged.
I still remember my first conference. I was an inexperienced graduate student with some vague idea about conferences as mediums…