Author: Audrey Goldfarb

  • An RU Graduate Looks Back

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    by Mayla Hsu What was it like to start graduate school at RU during the Kennedy administration? I had a glimpse of the past when I spoke to Nicholas H. Acheson, RU Class of 1969, who is now an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University. In a wide-ranging conversation, Acheson, a tall,…

  • Life on a Roll

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    The Basilica of Sacré-Coeur by Elodie Pauwels Stairs in Montmartre by Elodie Pauwels, http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com June 2013

  • Hideyo Noguchi’s Bust Is Back in Welch Hall

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    by Joseph Luna A version of this article previously appeared on the blog The Incubator. There’s much to see in the newly opened Welch Hall library. For some, it will be a wholly new introduction to such an important campus landmark, fully renovated for twenty-first century science. For others, heading into the new space will…

  • Creating Space

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    by Carly Gelfond On a recent evening in April, I sat in a bar in Brooklyn across from an old friend from college. She’d quit her job the week before, citing stress and a lack of career advancement. She’d also had a brief stint in the hospital for an illness she attributed to the stress.…

  • Memorial Day: A Brief Overview

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    by Daniel Briskin A few years ago, I found myself sitting with friends before class. We were discussing the upcoming exam schedule and our study plans, when one of us pointed out an approaching three-day weekend. Quickly, we realized that none of us knew the cause of the school holiday; we only knew the ever-important…

  • Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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    by Jerry Melchor Read these two scenarios and note how you would answer the questions: 1) The Linda experiment: Linda is thirty-one years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in antinuclear demonstrations. Which alternative…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This month Natural Selections interviews Amanda Martinez, Associate Director of the Women & Science initiative in the Development Office. Country of origin: USA. 1. How long have you been living in New York? I have lived in New York for nine years. 2. Where do you live? I live in Astoria, Queens. 3. Which is…

  • For Your Consideration—Cannes Edition

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    by Jim Keller In this installment, For Your Consideration kicks off the 2013 Oscar season with a look at the films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. This year’s festival, overseen by Jury President Steven Spielberg, will open on May 15with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, which will screen out of competition.As I’ve stated…

  • Culture Desk Exhibition and Book Review The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in Seventeenth-Century China (at The Asia Society through June 2, 2013) Confucius: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean (translated with notes by James Legge)

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    by Bernie Langs When reading certain philosophers that are difficult to understand, those of us who were never formerly trained as students of the genre often ask, “Why am I putting myself through this?” But in the case of reading Confucius, I know why I put myself through the hard task of reading his works.…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Jim Keller Times Square by Elodie Pauwels – http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com May 2013

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  • Fiscal Cliff: The Next Big Challenge for Science

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    by Christina Pyrgaki A version of this article appeared on The Incubator blog on February 14, 2013. For the last 35 years, the University of Lake Superior has published a list of banished words—words in the English language that are deemed overused, misused, or useless. Topping the 2013 version1 was a term that no American…