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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Abnormal Warmth Brings Springlike Appearance to the New York Botanical Garden, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 6 days, 16 hours ago
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From January 1-March 18, the temperature in New York City has averaged 42.4°. That is the warmest start to the year since recordkeeping began in 1869. Four of the five warmest starts to the year […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Creating Surrealistic Art with Craiyon, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 1 week, 6 days ago
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Last week, the blog covered the creation of abstract art in Craiyon. The images were produced in version 2 of the application. This weekend, I generated surrealistic images using both Craiyon. […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Creating Abstract Art with Craiyon, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Last week, the blog covered Craiyon. The images were produced in version 2 of the application. This weekend, I generated abstract images using both Craiyon and Dall-E-2. In terms of abstract […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Introduction to the Craiyon AI Image Generator, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Craiyon is among the growing number of Artificial Intelligence image generators becoming available to the general public. Craiyon was formerly Dall-E Mini. The site allows users to generate an […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, New York Botanical Garden’s 20th Orchid Show is Underway, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 1 month ago
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The New York Botanical Garden’s 20th orchid show kicked off on Saturday, February 18th to large crowds. The orchid show’s theme is “Natural Heritage.” The New York Botanical Garden explain […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Will Winters Become Less Snowy in New York City?, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 1 month, 1 week ago
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Winter 2022-2023 has been exceptionally warm and remarkably snow-free in the northern Middle Atlantic region. Through February 12th, New York City has seen its lowest seasonal snowfall on record […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, GPTZero's Arrival Aims to Distinguish Between Human- and AI-Generated Written Works, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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With the advent of ChatGPT, there is growing demand for a resource to differentiate between human- and AI-generated written text. One new product is GPTZero. So, I tried it out.
My […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Near Record Warm January Brings Blossoms, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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January 2023 is nearing a conclusion. It will very likely rank as the second warmest January on record in New York City where records go back to 1869. Though yesterday, New York City had seen a […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, 2023 CHEA Annual Conference Kicks Off, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 2 months ago
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The CHEA-CIQB annual conference will commence later today in Washington, DC. The conference will run through January 26th. Presentations will be focused on advancing institutional quality and […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, MLK’s Address: The Quest for Peace and Justice, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 2 months, 1 week ago
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On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the world is awash with a need for peace and justice. In Moscow, a brutal genocidal leader directs Russia’s armed forces to target Ukrainian civilians and c […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, CHEA-CIQG Conference Kicks Off in Late January, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)/CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) will be holding its annual conference in Washington, DC during January 23-26. The conference focuses […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Climate Change Produces Extremes to Start 2023, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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January 1, 2023 marked Day 510 since the IPCC declared that it is “unequivocal” that human activities have warmed the climate.” 2022 saw some progress in terms of legislation adopted in the Unite […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, 2022 Nears End with Another Reminder of Climate Change, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 months ago
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On December 23, 2022, a “bomb cyclone” pushed into Canada from the Great Lakes Region. It brought heavy rain, high winds, and a record temperature drop to New York City. From 4 am to 5 am, a stu […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, A Look at ChatGPT, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 months, 1 week ago
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OpenAI is currently providing public access to its ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool. The tool is a language model that generates text in response to prompts. In time, the tool will likely […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, MSCHE Formally Unveils Revised Accreditation Standards, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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At its annual conference, which concluded on Friday, December 9, 2022, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) unveiled the revisions it has made to its existing accreditation […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, 2022 MSCHE Conference Begins Wednesday, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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The Middle States Commission on Higher Education’s annual conference will commence on Wednesday, December 7. During the three-day event, there will be 33 concurrent sessions. Most of those s […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, Colorful Sunrise Marks Last Weekend of Meteorological Fall, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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Ahead of an approaching storm, clouds began overspreading the New York City area. The timing of the clouds’ arrival and sunset was just right so that there was a spectacular sunrise on the Long I […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, MSCHE Annual Conference December 7-9, 2022, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 4 months ago
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The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) will be holding its annual conference from December 7 through December 9, 2022 in Philadelphia. Sessions include:
Involving Students in […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, November’s ‘Summer Fling’ has Ended, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 4 months, 1 week ago
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Rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Nicole—a rare November hurricane that made landfall in Florida—yielded to partly sunny skies and record-challenging and record-breaking warmth in the […]
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Don Sutherland wrote a new post, New York City’s Record Warm Start to November, on the site Don's Reports and Reflections 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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On early Sunday morning, the clocks were turned back one hour to mark the return of Standard Time. However, with Saturday’s 76° high temperature and Sunday’s daily record-breaking 75° high tempe […]
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Don Sutherland
Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty Member
I am Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator at Lehman College and an adjunct faculty member in the Economics and Business Department. The classroom provides a kind of "lab" for testing and assessing practices to boost student learning outcomes. I am dedicated to improving student outcomes and believe there is always opportunity to strengthen them.
