Author Archives: Miguel Crespo

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The Eleventh Hour

  Aileen Marshall There is a federal holiday coming up that you may not be familiar with and probably have only heard about through advertisements. November 11 is Veterans Day, and it is almost 100 years old.  The holiday is … Continue reading

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Word of the Month

  Dakota Blackman Indigenous adjective |  in·dig·e·nous | \ in-ˈdi-jə-nəs \ Produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of the word indigenous was in 1646, nearly 150 years … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration

  Ones to Watch, Vol. 2 Edition Jim Keller With the summer film festivals, namely Venice (August 30 – September 9), Telluride (September 1-4), and Toronto (September 7-17) behind us, it’s time for the second of a three-part series, which … Continue reading

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Culture Corner

Book Review: Compass by Mathias Énard (New Directions, 2015; translated into English, 2017) Bernie Langs There are novels that are categorized as literature and not merely as fiction, and then there are the geniuses of literature and the masterworks of … Continue reading

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Quotable Quote

  “It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking. The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what … Continue reading

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Life on a Roll

  Pretty Seasonal Colors Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com “The falling leaves drift by the window, the autumn leaves of red and gold…” Here we go again, fall has arrived, with its bright and warm colors. Who does not love walking around … Continue reading

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Natural Selections Salutes Nobel Prize Winner Mike Young!

    The Nobel Committee has awarded Professor Michael W. Young the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 2. Together with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash, professor Young has made an outstanding contribution unravelling now the … Continue reading

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Word of the Month

  Dakota Blackman Kakistocracy [kak-uh–stok-ruh-see] Noun, plural kakistocracies Government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power   Late this past June, journalist and MSNBC correspondent Joy Reid tweeted the following: “Look … Continue reading

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New York State Of Mind

  Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Kipchirchir Bitok, Postdoctoral Associate. How long have you been living in the New York area?  Five years now. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I first moved to Brooklyn before I … Continue reading

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Culture Corner

  Television review: The Defiant Ones (HBO documentary) Bernie Langs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, featured in HBO’s documentary “The Defiant Ones” (promotional photo: HBO) The HBO television network changed the landscape of TV programming for the better and for … Continue reading

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Life on a Roll

  The Old City of Quebec Qiong Wang Quebec is an authentic city of rich history, vibrant art, and French culture. It was my first visit to this old city, and I was pleasantly impressed. Quebec means “the narrowing of … Continue reading

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It Could Happen Here

  Miguel Crespo In late 2016, the streaming service Hulu produced a series of ten episodes based on the novel The Handmaid’s Tale, by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The first three episodes dropped on April 26, 2017 and scored … Continue reading

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When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall—Weekend Getaways for an Indian Summer

  Owen Clark  “Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?” It’s tough to argue with that sentiment, especially when it’s delivered by way of Billie Holiday’s epochal, melancholic timbre. If there’s ever a time when New York … Continue reading

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A Lab Grows in Brooklyn

  Aileen Marshall Most of us here at Rockefeller and the Tri-Institutions community, who work in science in one form or another, do so because we love science. Sometimes we are curious about other aspects of science outside of the … Continue reading

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Opening European Borders

  Francesca Cavallo   For decades, Europe has been a dream destination for many immigrants in search of a better life. As a symbol of democracy, stability and opportunity, the old continent attracts more and more people every year. But an … Continue reading

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Culture Corner

  Ubiquitous Art Bernie Langs I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a … Continue reading

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Quotable Quote

    My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled … Continue reading

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