Category Archives: Extracurricular Activities

Lace Up for Immune Health

Anna Amelianchik Exercise is critically important for physical and mental health because it helps stave off diseases related to obesity and reduces the symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, there is reason to believe that exercise might also protect against … Continue reading

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A Different Kind of Outbreak

Anna Amelianchik Before the novel coronavirus resulted in travel restrictions, event cancellations, and toilet paper shortages, The Rockefeller University community faced a different kind of outbreak: The Outbreak challenge. The Outbreak is a team-based six-week step and fitness challenge that … Continue reading

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CrossFit: Everything You Need to Know About One of Our Current Fastest Growing Sports

 Francesca Cavallo Starting any new exercise practice can be discouraging, and it’s no different when entering into a CrossFit gym, which can be a nerve-wrecking experience. Although in the current sports environment everybody is talking about CrossFit, there are those … Continue reading

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Free Summer Park Events in NYC

Susan Russo Park rules for ALL parks: NO glass containers (baby bottles OK); alcohol; smoking; drugs; dogs off leashes YES blankets or towels (but NO plastic or tarps); restrooms; food vendors/stands MOVIES Manhattan Bennett Park (Fort Washington Avenue and West … Continue reading

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Manhattan Spring and Summer Fun

By Susan Russo Consider these (mostly) FREE events in NYC Parks, many falling between June and October: At Bryant Park (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, from 40th to 42nd Streets) check out http://bryantpark.org/ for days and times of events. For … Continue reading

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Paninis and Pupusas: A Jackson Heights Love Story

By Brianna Caszatt and A Gerald Martini In the months leading up to the World Cup, we kept reading headlines like “Panini Truck Heist in Brazil” or “Colombian Teacher Caught Stealing Students’ Paninis,” to which we thought: what the heck … Continue reading

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Crickets: From Midnight Music to Midnight Snack?

By Jason Rothauser “And how much is that per cricket?” I ask. I’m standing in front of the reptile cages of a local Brooklyn pet store. “Ten cents a pop.” Sounds reasonable. “I’ll take forty.” In a minute or two, … Continue reading

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World Cup 2014: Enough Info to Get by in Conversation

By Brianna Caszatt & A Gerald Martini, football masterminds  Temperatures are rising and flowers are in bloom: summer is practically here. And for one month this summer, people around the globe will be riveted to their screens watching all the … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico in March – Summer at the tip of Winter

By Natalia Ketaren Puerto Rico, “the rich port,” is an unincorporated territory of the United States. To us travellers from the US, that means that the currency is in dollars, our cell phones work and we need only a valid … Continue reading

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

By Aileen Marshall It’s springtime in New York, and that means the start of baseball season. There is still hope in the air for the Mets, and great expectations for the Yankees, the two New York teams. Baseball is known … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration – Crystal ball edition!

By Jim Keller Last year’s Crystal Ball edition yielded four of nine eventual Best Picture nominees. Gravity, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Nebraska as well as Best Picture winner, 12 Years a Slave, were all discussed as … Continue reading

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Spring Breaks in April

By Susan Russo Special Free Events and Short Excursions Manhattan Macy’s Flower Show When: April 1-6 Where: 34th to 35th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Tartan Day Parade, with bagpipes, kilts and dancers When: April 5, starting at 2:00 … Continue reading

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The oldest Irish bar in the city

By Aileen Marshall Most New Yorkers have heard of, if not been to, McSorley’s, a downtown bar. Popular belief is that it’s the oldest bar in the city, it even has sawdust on the floor. Many historical figures have patronized … Continue reading

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Brooklyn Night Bazaar

By Jason Rothhauser For both the hip and hungry, Brooklyn has been host to a growing new trend over the past few years: the food festival. The idea is simple: take the fun and novelty of a music festival or … Continue reading

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Requiescat in Pace

By George Barany George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). For more puzzles by Barany and Friends and for the solution to this month’s puzzle, visit http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle Get here this month’s puzzle !

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

By Aileen Marshall We all know that the third Monday of January was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the holiday established to honor the civil rights activist. But do you know how it came to be an official federal holiday? … Continue reading

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Culture Corner : music roundup

By Bernie Lang In the past couple of months, I’ve been to live concert performances in the major music genres of jazz, rock, and classical music. I found myself reflecting after each show on how these differing types of music … Continue reading

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It’s Christmas Time in the City

by Aileen Marshall Like the old song says, the “city sidewalks, busy sidewalks” are “dressed in holiday style.” Besides the hustle and bustle of this busy shopping season, New York has many time-honored holiday activities.  Here are just a few to … Continue reading

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For Your Consideration — Ones to Watch Vol. 3 Edition

By Jim Keller With the fall film festivals behind us, we’re staring down the barrel of the Oscars’ gun and in a few short months, we’ll have our nominees. Still, it’s a long time until then on the campaign trail. … Continue reading

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Looking War in the Eye

by May Dobosiewicz Quick—name how many wars are being fought in the world right now. At the time of writing, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program reported 32 ongoing armed conflicts. Is this fighting noble and just, or chaotic and deplorable? Are … Continue reading

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