Author: Juliette Wipf

  • Autism Awareness

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    Guadalupe Astorga April is National Autism Awareness Month. April 2 is a day meant to create consciousness, tolerance and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A better inclusion in society is essential to increase their quality of life and expectations. Autism spectrum disorder encompasses a vast range of behaviors, genetic mutations and neurophysiological…

  • An Italian Easter

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    Francesca Cavallo Easter brings to mind egg hunts, chocolate, jelly beans, and the Easter bunny. In Christianity, Easter is the holiest and oldest of all traditions, and it’s related to the even more ancient Jewish festival of Passover, which is described in the Old Testament. Both holidays are often celebrated at the same time of…

  • March Front Page

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  • The Golden Age of Hip Hop on the Silver Screen

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    Owen Clark Hip hop is dead. I can’t exactly recall the point at which I first heard this phrase, but it seems to be etched in my earliest memories of acquainting myself with rap music, and all of its accompanying baggage. Undoubtedly, journalistic decries of the death of entire genres of music, sports, or really…

  • Culture Corner

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    Bernie Langs “Truth” in Painting Getting to a ‘core essence’ in a mystic or revelatory sense can be as elusive as tracing the path of an electron or photon, famously described as both particle and wave. The arts can be utilized as a conduit to higher states of consciousness. In music, the drone of an…

  • Quotable Quote

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      It is quite certain that science cannot progress properly except by the fullest internationalism. A.V. Hill (Nature, 1933)    

  • New York City Dialect New York-ese, Lesson 5

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    Aileen Marshall Yo! Welcome to lesson five in our series on the New York City dialect. I hope you’ve been practicing. By now you should be able to hold a light conversation in New York-ese, and order a bagel with a schmear. To review last month’s lesson, a number of words in the city dialect…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Qiong Wang Las Ruinas y Las Piramides This was my first visit to Mexico, and my first visit to the Yucatán peninsula, which must be a magical land. Despite a plan for every detail on the trip, things started to fall apart the moment I landed. However, all the adventures became so worthwhile when I…

  • The New Second Avenue Line. Is the Q the A to your Q?

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    Johannes Buheitel First, there were horse-drawn wagons. Then, during the industrial revolution, the steam engine took over and ultimately helped to win the West. But all of these achievements seem to pale in comparison to what the venerable Metropolitan Transport Authority, MTA for short, has unveiled on New Year’s Day: The new Q train extension,…

  • New York State Of Mind

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    Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Johannes Buheitel, a postdoctoral scientist in the Jallepalli Lab at MSKCC, and a member of the Natural Selections Editorial Board.   How long have you been living in the New York area?  As of this month, I’ve been living here for 1.5 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite…