As Daniel O’Brien, director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, welcomed guests and speakers to the group’s 2025 conference, the initiative’s acronym “BARI” was emblazoned behind him.
On that screen, the little “i” was dancing.
In his remarks, O’Brien encouraged attendees to be like that wiggling, squirming “i” and to find joy in the day.
It was an appeal that marked a strange moment for a regularly out-of-the-ordinary conference.
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