Building Bridges Through Burgers

Renée Robinson, Catering Supervisor/Dining Room Manager at the Institute for Advanced Study, reflects on the various food-related events and gatherings that foster community among IAS scholars, highlighting the ever-popular Burger Day.

Institute Instances is a collection of 1–2 minute video snapshots of scholars, administrators, and visitors to the Institute for Advanced Study answering a question (or two) about their work at IAS. Viewed individually, these clips allow audiences to get to know the people who are, in the words of Founding IAS Director Abraham Flexner, "pushing beyond the present limits of human knowledge" through advancements in science and the humanities. Taken together, these "instances" of Institute life are designed to show how everyone can play a role in actualizing discovery, and to celebrate a community devoted to excellence in scholarship.