Author: Sarah Baker

  • Natural Expressions

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    Music On Thursday, November 14th, Santa Maria Pecoraro Di Vittorio of the Rice Laboratory at Rockefeller will be performing at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall as a violist with the Chamber Orchestra of New York. The program includes Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and an original work by Salvatore di Vittorio, the conductor…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Philharmonie de Paris Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com/ Philharmonie 1 is a symphonic concert hall which opened in January 2015 and is part of the Philharmonie de Paris. Its architect, Jean Nouvel, used interlaced aluminum panels and sophisticated tesselation that will make your head spin, especially if you reach the rooftop to admire the view.   Inside…

  • October Cover

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  • Denaturing the Mind for Discovery – Remembering Kary Mullis through the Voice of Italo Calvino

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    Sarah Baker Nobel laureate Kary Mullis passed away on August 7, 2019 at the age of 74. Although a controversial scientific figure due to his climate change denial, rejection of the fact that HIV causes AIDS, strong belief in astrology, and open use of hallucinogenic drugs, it is impossible to deny the importance of his…

  • Biologists Call for Open Science, but Competition Creates Challenges

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    Audrey Goldfarb Transparent and thorough communication of data has the potential to streamline major scientific advances. For Dr. Maryam Zaringhalam, open science practices like these would have transformed her Ph.D. thesis. “While I was at Rockefeller, I was scooped five times,” she said. As a student in Nina Papavasiliou’s lab, Zaringhalam aimed to develop a…

  • Culture Corner

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    An Interview with Musician and Composer Izzi Ramkissoon Bernie Langs When you speak with the award-winning electroacoustic multimedia composer, performer, and audiovisual artist Izzi Ramkissoon about music, you are immediately swept up by two things. The first is his zen-like manner, which invites you to engage and share his passion for music and the creative…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch Volume I

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    Jim Keller For the eighth year, I am back in the saddle and ready to tackle the Oscar race. The early part of the film year (from January until the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals begin in August) is a moving target. The inevitability of the award stops along the way, such as the Sundance,…

  • Pets of Tri-I

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue I interviewed Lord Bullingdon, the dog who lives with Mehrnoosh Oghbaie (Rout Lab, The Rockefeller University). Lord B is such a happy dog, and I love running into him when he’s out on walks. Photos Courtesy of Mehmoosh Oghbaje Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? L: I…

  • Natural Expressions

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    Digital This month, Bernie Langs of The Rockefeller University Development Office announces the release of a new music video, “On Demand.” Langs merges themes by Beethoven and The Beatles into this piece, which plays over a combination of original film footage and images from the public domain. “On Demand” can be viewed online here. Email…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Anna Kaczynska One of the wonders of Wuhan and a symbol of the city is the Yellow Crane Tower. The stunning building, which dates back to 223 A.D., was rebuilt in the early 1980s and is considered one of the Four Great Towers of China. The modern version of the tower is located on Snake…

  • September Cover

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  • Tim Blanchfield, Rockefeller’s Fitness Guru

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    Sarah Baker “Don’t put anything off. Do it today. Don’t wait.” This is the advice that Timothy Blanchfield, the Fitness Manager of The Rockefeller University, has for the Rockefeller community. If you have been to Rockefeller’s gym in Founders Hall, you have most likely run into Blanchfield. Since he was hired in the spring of…