Author: Sarah Baker

  • 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…

  • Review: Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

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    Frans de Waal W.W. Norton and Company, March 12, 2019 326 pages Hardback, $15.00   Yuriria Vazquez Can you imagine your human life without emotions? In other words, can you imagine yourself not feeling any joy, sadness, fear, anger, empathy, pleasure, or excitement? Most likely, our social world would vanish, and we might not survive…

  • Amuse Yourself

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    A column about NYC museum exhibits to check out on a rainy weekend day. This month: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Camp: Notes on Fashion. Sydney Tiemann This year’s Met Gala theme required plenty of explanation and is arguably the least readily definable: “camp.” The annual themed fundraising event supports the Met’s Costume Institute, which…