Author Archives: Juliette Wipf

Cover Summer Edition

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Eclipse: Protect Your Eyes for The Big One

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, … Continue reading

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Boxing in 2017: A Resurgence for the Sweet Science?

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Culture Corner

  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 … Continue reading

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New York State Of Mind

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Life on a Roll

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 … Continue reading

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June Issue Cover

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Who Will Lead WHO?

Aileen Marshall Most of us here at The Rockefeller University, and the Tri-Institutions, do basic research: figuring out the molecular mechanisms of various life forms. Many of us also do translational research: taking that basic research and applying it towards … Continue reading

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New York State Of Mind

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Jens Matthes, Information Security Architect. How long have you been living in the New York area?  18 years, since March 1999. I remember I was terrified, I wanted to go back home after … Continue reading

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The Giro D’Italia

  Francesca Cavallo The Giro d’Italia, or Tour of Italy, is one of the world’s most famous bicycle races. Twenty-two international teams compete for three weeks in a contest of racing tactics, willpower, and raw athleticism. The 2017 Giro is … Continue reading

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Alt-Foods

Yvette Chin Rebooting the traditional food production model to improve climate and environment is driving innovative entrepreneurs to pursue a vegan path. The resulting alt-foods are, unlike alt-facts, solidly grounded in science, as the personnel list at these companies—data scientists, … Continue reading

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Culture Corner

Bernie Langs Martin Scorsese and Silence Martin Scorsese, who I consider America’s greatest living film director, is a creative talent with the ability to continuously surprise his audiences in terms of what he chooses for his huge enterprises. Yet, the … Continue reading

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Quotable Quote

  The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. (Helen Keller 1880-1968)  

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Life on a Roll

Beaune in Burgundy, France Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com Beaune is one of the wine capitals of my country, and is known for its Hospices and its famous roof made of glazed tiles (which you can glimpse in the 50-year old comedy, La … Continue reading

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Cover May 2017

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Dominique Ansel Nominated Best Pastry Chef in the World: A Cronut Comeback?

  Juliette Wipf Who hasn’t heard of the famed 2013 food the Cronut? After quickly gaining worldwide attention, Cronut followers were soon considered frivolous, and the pastry over-hyped. TIME magazine naming the pastry one of the 25 best inventions of … Continue reading

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What We Celebrate on 5th of May or Cinco de Mayo

  Guadalupe Astorga We can appreciate Mexican culture in the United States like no other place in the world. We have all probably entered a shop in New York City and experienced the magical sensation of being instantaneously transported to … Continue reading

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