Author: Juliette Wipf

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  • Eclipse: Protect Your Eyes for The Big One

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    Miguel Crespo Summer is here and again sun, humidity, and mosquitos will relentlessly plague our days. But the firmament reserves something unique for us: a celestial spectacle we do not get to witness every day. On Monday August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will cast its shadow across America. For those who happen to…

  • Boxing in 2017: A Resurgence for the Sweet Science?

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    Owen Clark In my prior musings, I’ve alluded to the cliché of “__ is dead.” I think you’d be hard-pressed to argue against the notion that the sport of boxing is the undisputed pound-for-pound champion of this futile declaration. According to many, if not most, boxing has been dead for essentially my entire lifetime. If…

  • Challenging Conventions in Rei Kawakubo’s Art of the In Between

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    Dakota Blackman The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a classic tourist destination in New York, overflowing with a sweeping collection of art that traverses time periods and cultures. Among the classics, which include the Greco-Roman sculpture hall, or a collection of European paintings from Rembrandt to Gauguin, is a more modern draw: the Costume Center.…

  • This month Natural Selections interviews Jazz Weisman of the Scientific Computing Users Group

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    Juliette Wipf Picture: Jason Banfelder, Director of the RU High Performance Computing Systems, talking about the most commonly used computing tools at the inaugural meeting of the SciComp group. On April 12, Scientific Computing Users Group (SciComp) of The Rockefeller University’s (RU) held its inaugural meeting in CRC 406. The founders of the group, Jason…

  • Culture Corner

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      Who Killed Rock and Roll? Bernie Langs Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for… “Not I,” says the referee Don’t point your finger at me ….It wasn’t me that made him fall No, you can’t blame me at all…” Who killed Davey Moore… “Not us,” says the angry crowd…” “Not me,”…

  • New York State Of Mind

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    Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Maria Encarnacion, Customers Service, Weiss Café, The Rockefeller University How long have you been living in the New York area?  37 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? First I lived in High Manhattan for 22 years and I recently moved to New Jersey. I like this…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 1 Edition

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    Jim Keller No matter how you spin it, 2016 was not a kind year for women who remain trapped on the other side of a cracked glass ceiling. So it is with great pleasure that I begin this first in a four-part series focused on the leading ladies of the Best Actress race. Last year’s…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Qiong Wang One World Trade Center semi-visible under a veil of clouds on an overcast morning: this is what the Manhattan skyline looks like from 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City. I bet it is not often that one gets to catch a glimpse of the new symbolic landmark like this. One minute after hopping onto…

  • June Issue Cover

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