Category: Editorials

  • The Union Forever!

    —

    by

    Dedicated to the memory of Bruce Voeller  By George Barany, Michael Hanko, and Paul Luftig This puzzle is modified and updated from versions that went on-line in the run-up to the 2012 Presidential election. We dedicate the puzzle to the memory of Bruce Voeller (1934-1994), a Rockefeller alum (1961) who later served on the Rockefeller…

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

    —

    by

    By Daniel Briskin Continuing on with our salute to the tenth anniversary of Natural Selections, here is a comic republished from 2004.

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

    —

    by

    By Daniel Briskin Continuing on with our salute to the tenth anniversary of Natural Selections, here is a comic republished from 2004. This month, the Natural Selections Editorial Board bids farewell to Daniel Briskin. We would like to thank him for his dedication and for helping Natural Selections to become what it is today. Danny…

  • Scientists Decide: No interesting stories in Science

    —

    by

    By John Borghi On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard launched the first ever liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. Though this test did little to silence the mocking editorials and harsh criticisms that had followed Goddard since his 1920 proposal that liquid-fueled rockets would eventually reach beyond Earth’s atmosphere, it was a major breakthrough in…

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

    —

    by

    By Daniel Briskin Continuing on with our salute to the tenth anniversary of Natural Selections, here is this month’s republished comic from 2004.

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

    —

    by

    By Daniel Briskin The first issue of Natural Selections was published in February of 2004. In these past ten years, much has happened, on campus and off. For all that has happened, however, much has stayed the same, including the humor. This year we are republishing the best and most timeless pieces from the corresponding…

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

    —

    by

    By Daniel Briskin This month’s issue marks the tenth anniversary of Natural Selections; issue one was published in February of 2004. In these past ten years, much has happened, on-campus and off. For all that has happened, however, much has stayed the same, including the humor. This year we are republishing the best and most…

  • Crisis in Congress

    —

    by

    by Jason Rothauser This is what a government in crisis looks like. Last month, on October 1, the federal government entered its first shutdown since 1996, when an impasse between President Clinton and congressional Republicans led to the government’s doors being shuttered for almost two weeks. Our most recent shutdown beat that record, coming to an…

  • WISeR (Women In Science at Rockefeller): A New Initiative

    —

    by

    By Asma Hatoum, Mariko Kobayashi, and Alessia Deglincerti This summer, a small group of postdocs came together to launch a new initiative called wiser (Women In Science at Rockefeller) to begin to tackle a persistent problem: the underrepresentation of female leaders in academic and non-academic sectors of science. While women hold 60% of all bachelor’s…

  • Academic Governance: A Model

    —

    by

    by Daniel Briskin An unfortunately high proportion of our elected officials are highly opinionated, but irrational people who let their guts drive their politics; many more of them are voters. With the same concerns in mind as the architects of the Electoral College, I don’t want this type of person making decisions for me. We…