Author: Puneet Singh

29 Nov TASS Update Letter to Students

Dear Student, Thank you for your interest in applying to Telluride Association Summer Seminars (TASS) in 2022. Telluride Association has made major changes to our summer offerings for this year. In this letter, we explain the most important changes and how they affect you as an applicant. TASP...

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24 Sep Launching Summer Seminars 2022!

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Associates of Telluride Association: Telluride Association is pleased to announce the launch of the Telluride Association Summer Seminars in the summer of 2022. These programs for high-school sophomores and juniors replace our previous summer programs, the Telluride Association Sophomore Seminars (TASS) and...

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05 Jul TA’s New Online Directory !

Dear TA Friends, After many years, Telluride Association is pleased to announce that we once again have a searchable directory of alumnx (“associates”) of our programs!  We invite you to register for your account, update your profile, and choose what information you want to display to...

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01 Oct TA Pauses Summer Programs in 2021

September 26, 2020 Dear Telluride Friends, As the summer has progressed, Telluride Association has been grappling with our obligation to combat anti-Black racism and white supremacy within our summer programs, in our board governance, and in the landscape of American secondary and higher education. This, in addition...

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22 Jun TA Branch closures

Update August 2021: After careful review and preparation, Telluride Association has reopened its Cornell and Michigan Branches for the Fall of 2021. Telluride is following University guidelines for operating under the conditions of the COVID pandemic, and will continue to adapt and respond to changing...

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11 Mar Update on COVID-19

UPDATED 3/13: Cornell University has suspended classes on its Ithaca campus as of 5 PM. Virtual classes will begin April 6th. Telluride is working to assist its Cornell branchmembers to return home or who are, in accordance with Cornell guidelines, permitted to stay at Cornell...

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21 Nov Learning Millions

by Grace Wang MB18 I wasn’t a foreigner to the number of zeroes on the Excel spreadsheet… the summer before, I had interned at a hedge fund and gotten used to how the word “millions” could be casually thrown around. However, for the first time, I...

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09 Nov Board Games

by Puneet Singh MB16 TA17 The Board of Custodians met for their quarterly meeting and conducted some on-site Manager visits in beautiful Boston this weekend. Currently, one of the major issues that is on everyone’s mind is how to incorporate our values as an Association to...

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24 Oct Brexit means…?

Thoughts from a Pubspeak at the Michigan Branch by Jess Allen MB18 [caption id="attachment_3589" align="alignleft" width="225"] Jess Allen in Potsdam, Germany age 17 in 2011 at an international summer school[/caption] This was a difficult question to answer, because with under six months before the United Kingdom is scheduled...

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10 Oct Don’t Touch My Hair!

Historical Perspectives and Current Trends for Black Hair By Aixa Marchand MB17 & Natasha Johnson MB16 Slides, notes, music and videos from a PubSpeak at MBTA on September 27, 2018.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTtrnDbOQAU       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QhOoanzh60     https://tnj.com/black-hair-business/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtYarYhKa9c https://www.facebook.com/theRoot/videos/1820640728053129/?hc_ref=ARRU4AFJ_DN5HL3Ygi6HBEyIUVjrenS22-cREy-dUFCQTeJOwoRqwXI_t95eZkV1mvU...

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03 Oct American Football – Are All Players Doomed?

Some facts and discussion about concussions in contact sports (Afterthoughts from a Pubspeak at MBTA on September 13, 2018) By Marianna Coulentianos MB17 After watching the movie "Concussion" in which Will Smith plays the role of Dr Omalu, the doctor who discovered CTE, a condition where protein accumulates...

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06 Sep New Semester, New Michigan Branch

by Puneet Singh MB16 TA17 This Labor Day weekend, MBTA began its yearly operations welcoming 23 students and 3 faculty guests. Eleven of the students are new, while 12 of them are returning to the house from last year. Three of the current housemembers are summer...

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26 Jul Moving Towards Less Meat Consumption

By Joaquin Brito Jr. CB17 TA18 [caption id="attachment_3385" align="alignright" width="300"] CBTA Dining Area[/caption] As the climate continues to change, how we transform ourselves, our communities, and society towards sustainable practices will be a hot (pun intended) topic of conversation. Last year at CBTA, we continued engaging in...

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12 Jul Apples

by Marina Tinone SP15 TA17 They were pretty. The little red flowers, all bunched together. The apartment window open, and the light coming through. I watered the flowers. And I thought that if Grandma were the one watering them, she would be singing. So, I sang the...

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14 Mar Recipe for Chinese Scallion Pancakes

On Mar 6, 2018, MBTA housemembers enjoyed a PubSpeak by Allina Chang (MB'17) on Chinese Food and Cooking. As part of the PubSpeak, she taught housemembers how to make Chinese Scallion Pancakes (Vegan) and Steamed dumplings. Anthony Zheng (MB'17) was her sous chef for the...

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15 Dec An Emblem for the Association

The excerpts below refer to a very early effort on the part of Telluride Association to develop an emblem for itself. The effort was “crowd-sourced,” and generated a fair amount of discussion. Apparently, however, the early efforts led to naught… From 1912 Proceedings, pp. 23-24. Mr. Ray...

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29 Nov The Active vs. Passive Investment Debate

Anthony W. Mariano The Telluride Association’s Investment Policy Statement, passed at the 2016 Convention dictates that our investment strategy “will utilize both passively and actively managed investments.” A later section states: “The asset allocation will be implemented using both active and passive investment managers. Highly efficient...

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15 Nov Past Summer Programs

Has Telluride Ever Hosted Summer Programs at Stanford University? Yes! Telluride has sponsored TASPs at 15 different sites since 1954, and TASS at 3. Here’s the list: TASP: Cornell: 1954 – Deep Springs College: 1957-60, 1969-73, 1978-90 Stanford: 1961-62 Princeton: 1963-66 Hampton University: 1966-70 Cremona Field TASP:...

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Tiffany Yizer

08 Nov Alumni Profile: Tiffany Yizar

In our Alumni Profile series, we'll be sitting down with Telluride alumni from a wide variety of fields who are making their mark on their profession and their communities. For our inaugural interview, we sat down with Tiffany Yizar, SS01 SP02. Tiffany holds a bachelor's...

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