Author Archives: Audrey Goldfarb

October Cover

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Culture Corner: Premiere of a New Conceptual Work of Music: “Sacred and Profane Love”

Bernie Langs In the last two years or so, I composed and recorded a thematic work of music, “Sacred and Profane Love.” The piece is eighteen minutes long with shifting musical structures centered on rock and pop stylizations. Several extraordinary … Continue reading

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New York Rhymes: TONES

Poetry: Dr. Konstantina Theofanopoulou (instagram: @newyork_rhymes)

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Natural Expressions: Art

Susan Stair, art teacher at the Child and Family Center at The Rockefeller University, would like to announce two events. One event, Tree Power, will take place on Sunday, October 3 from 2-4 p.m. in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem … Continue reading

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A Note from the Editorial Board

Dear Readers and Contributors, Natural Selections will be going on hiatus until 2022. If you’re interested in joining our Editorial Board or contributing content to Natural Selections upon our return, please fill out this form or contact us at nseditors@rockefeller.edu. … Continue reading

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Life on a Roll: Rome—the Eternal City

Nan Pang Rome is often referred to as the “Eternal City”—the term was supposedly coined in the first century B.C. by the Roman poet Tibullus. This is because ancient Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world, or … Continue reading

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Dr. Sidney Strickland on the Changing of the Guard

Anna Amelianchik  On July 9, 2021, Dr. Sidney Strickland made the announcement that he will step down as the Dean of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies in the next few months. Since many members of our community were surprised to learn of … Continue reading

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Culture Corner: Four Music Festivals, Four Very Different Documentaries

Bernie Langs There are four superlative film documentaries, two released in 1970 and two this year, chronicling music festivals that reflect era-defining moments in the cultural and social history of this country. Opinions stretch far and wide as to what … Continue reading

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Spread Like Wildfire

Aileen Marshall  Have you ever heard the phrase “spread like wildfire”? It refers to something that quickly affects or becomes known by an increasing number of people. There has been a growing number of wildfires around the world in the … Continue reading

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Natural Expressions

Art  Leena Sen, research assistant in the Funabiki Laboratory at The Rockefeller University, would like to share her digital and canvas artwork with the community. Sen’s work is predominantly portraits, but she has forayed into abstract work at times. Her artwork can … Continue reading

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July/August Cover

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Life on a Roll: In Bloom

Ilana Kotliar

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3 Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, and The Conversation: 1970s Cinema Mirrors the Ascendancy of America’s Conspiracy Obsession

Bernie Langs Turner: Listen. I work for the CIA. I’m not a spy. I just read books. We read everything that’s published in the world and we– we feed the plots– dirty tricks, codes into a computer, and the computer…checks … Continue reading

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Natural Expressions: Music

This summer, Bernie Langs of The Rockefeller University Development Office is celebrating the seventh anniversary of the release of his music video, “Everything is Broken,” directed by his daughter, Jordan Langs. The video features Bernie Langs’ performance of the 1989 … Continue reading

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Life on a Roll: The Cloisters Museum

Bernie Langs The Met Cloisters, an offshoot of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is located in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights. The museum boasts a first rate collection of European medieval art and architecture as well as outdoor garden … Continue reading

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2021 Virtual Pride Celebration

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June Cover

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Graduating Class of 2021

Megan E. Kelley Natural Selections would like to honor and celebrate the 2021 graduating class from The Rockefeller University. On Thursday, June 10 at 2:30 p.m., Rockefeller will hold its second virtual convocation and confer doctorate degrees upon thirty-three graduate … Continue reading

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Sisters with Transistors

Lana Norris Women have often been overlooked in the history of electronic music. Their mastery of new technology and alien sounds enabled them to innovate outside of traditional male-dominated structures, but even collaborations with John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Karl Stockhausen, … Continue reading

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Pets of Tri-I: Boba the axolotl

A few weeks ago, a new resident moved into my apartment. We are already a full house: four humans, one cat, 500ish worms, and possibly some undetected mice or roaches residing in the walls. So, when a perky little axolotl … Continue reading

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