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Author Archives: Qiong Wang
Carnival done Italian-style
Francesca Cavallo February in Italy is infiltrated by masks, confetti, colors, and lights that create a very exciting and unique atmosphere. Carnival is a huge winter festival celebrated 40 days before Easter and ends on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday or Mardi … Continue reading
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Culture Corner
Landscape Into Art: Thoughts on the book Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape (by Christopher S. Wood), and the film The Revenant (directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu) Bernie Langs Caution: spoilers ahead! The inspired ideas and emotions one experiences … Continue reading
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Facing the Music: Life as a Born Again Musician
Owen Clark When I was twenty-eight I had a third-life crisis. Well, let’s be honest, my whole twenties were a series of quarter to third-life crises, but for whatever reason, this one stuck. I’ve always been prone to obsessions. Some … Continue reading
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The Face Behind the Mask
Guadalupe Astorga Do you remember the Greek myth of Narcissus? It’s the story of an attractive and arrogant man that fell deeply in love with his own face reflected on the water, to the point of losing all interest in … Continue reading
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Christmas Holidays in Italy
Francesca Cavallo This is my favorite time of year. There are so many great aspects to the Christmas season: good food, good music, and the special traditions that come along with the “reason for the season.” Come experience and discover how … Continue reading
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New York State Of Mind
Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Stefannie Moak, Research Assistant, Gilbert Lab. How long have you been living in the New York area? Seven months now. Where do you currently live? Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in the Upper East … Continue reading
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New York City Dialect New York-ese
Aileen Marshall Hey, how ya doin? Or in other words, welcome back to our series on learning the New York City dialect. Hopefully by now, you have your ears trained to pick up more words you hear about town. To … Continue reading
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Quotable Quote
Where after all do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood … Continue reading
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Crossword
GEORGE BARANY AND FRIENDS The three politically themed puzzles that follow come to you from a consortium of progressively-minded friends of Rockefeller alum (1977) George Barany, who is currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Prepare to … Continue reading
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Life on a Roll
Shaoxing—the Venice in the East Qiong Wang During my recent trip to China, Shaoxing was a pleasant surprise. The city sits nicely over a complex water canal system, woven together by stone bridges. Until today, local residents inside the old … Continue reading
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Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes
Part XXII: Roderick MacKinnon, 2003 Prize in Chemistry Joseph Luna In the early 1950s, two English physiologists named Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley wrote a five-part magnum opus of papers formally describing the electrochemical basis of action potentials, those short … Continue reading
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Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism and the 2016 Presidential Election Bernie Langs I am close to finishing a masterpiece of historical and philosophical discussion written by Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975), The Origins of Totalitarianism. My purpose in writing … Continue reading
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For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 2 Edition
Jim Keller The storm of film festivals galore began at summer’s end with the one-two punch of the Venice (August 31 – September 10) and Telluride (September 2-5) film festivals. In recent years the former has been credited with birthing … Continue reading
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New York-ese, or a Guide to the New York City Dialect
Aileen Marshall People come to New York City for different reasons. Many come as tourists, others come to live and work here, not only from other parts of the United States, but from every corner of the globe. American citizens … Continue reading
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QUOTABLE QUOTE
It is no easy task to be good. Anyone can act: get angry, give money, speak to friends, and so on. But to do something to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right … Continue reading
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Second Monday in October
GEORGE BARANY AND MARTIN ABRESCH George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Martin Abresch is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, currently living in Seattle, and this is … Continue reading
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Life on a Roll
Qiong Wang One amazing thing about New York City is that it is never the same experience whenever you step out onto the streets. You will always witness different details, even if you are walking on the same street, at … Continue reading
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