Author: Qiong Wang

  • Dear NYC, I Love You: Why I Decided to Run the New York City Marathon

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    By Nan Pang July 23, 2012—that’s the oldest record that I can find in the running app on my phone. Distance: just under two miles. Back then, I could probably never have imagined that I would be running the 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon three years later. Running was never my strongest…

  • Diwali: India & Beyond

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    By Sarala Kal Home to twenty-two different languages and seven different religions, a festival is always being celebrated somewhere throughout the Indian Subcontinent. Diwali, however, is one of the few unique holidays celebrated by everyone in the country, regardless of region, religious belief, or caste. Also called Deepavali, the festival is not only celebrated in…

  • Digging Into That Juicy and Tasty Steak…

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    Some Valuable Facts about Meat     By Guadalupe Astorga This October 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared red meat and its processed derivatives a threat to human health, namely for its carcinogenic risk. Twenty-two experts from ten countries in the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that processed meat is “carcinogenic to humans”…

  • New York State of Mind

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    Features, Isaiah Curry from The Laboratory Safety and Environmental Health department By Melvin White How long have you been living in the New York area? All my life. 63 years “young.” Where do you currently live? Yonkers, New York. But most people say Rockefeller University, ha! “1 tostado Plaza!” Which is your favorite neighborhood? I’ve…

  • Henry IV

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    By Alyssa Luong The waiting crowd is hushed at 7:24 p.m. under the dim lights and high ceilings of Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse on a windy night in early November. A man in a security uniform bellows for us to step aside, “Inmates coming through! Please step aside.” Furrowed eyebrows are relaxed and smiles slowly…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 3 Edition

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    By Jim Keller There’s a reason why I always conclude this three-part series by covering the Best Supporting Actor and Actress races: with the exception of the frontrunners, they are very unpredictable. Hence, I am going to shake things up a bit this year and change the discussion format. Instead of laying out each actor’s…

  • Natural Selections wants your art!

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    Whether you can’t stop drawing while waiting for the bus, or taking a walk around the city; if photography is your passion, or if you’re more of a painter, this is your chance to share your art. Beginning in 2016, Natural Selections will publish a picture of the art we receive every month. To take…

  • Citi-zens United

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    By George Barany, Christopher Adams, John Child, Charles Flaster, and Brent Hartzell George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977), currently on the faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Christopher Adams is a graduate student at the University of Iowa, John Child runs a business in Nepal, Charles Flaster is a retired school teacher in…

  • Life on a Roll

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    By QIONG WANG The Diocletian’s palace is a truly amazing heritage site from the Roman Empire. It is located in Split, an important Mediterranean harbor city in Croatia. I was completely in awe, standing at the center square of the palace, feeling like a dwarf looking up at the magnificent palace pillars. The Gregory of…

  • The History of the Thanksgiving Holiday in America.

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    By Aileen Marshall The weather has turned pleasantly crisp recently. It turns our thoughts to sweaters, leaves turning colors, apples and pumpkins. Along that line comes the Thanksgiving holiday. Most Americans today think of it as a day to have a turkey dinner with family, along with pumpkin pie and watching the parade and football.…