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  • October Cover

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  • Culture Corner: Premiere of a New Conceptual Work of Music: “Sacred and Profane Love”

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    Bernie Langs In the last two years or so, I composed and recorded a thematic work of music, “Sacred and Profane Love.” The piece is eighteen minutes long with shifting musical structures centered on rock and pop stylizations. Several extraordinary vocalists perform on the recording, each of whom has improved the melodies of the original…

  • New York Rhymes: TONES

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    Poetry: Dr. Konstantina Theofanopoulou (instagram: @newyork_rhymes)

  • Natural Expressions: Art

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    Susan Stair, art teacher at the Child and Family Center at The Rockefeller University, would like to announce two events. One event, Tree Power, will take place on Sunday, October 3 from 2-4 p.m. in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem in the Southeast corner by the basketball courts. Stair is the artist in charge of…

  • A Note from the Editorial Board

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    Dear Readers and Contributors, Natural Selections will be going on hiatus until 2022. If you’re interested in joining our Editorial Board or contributing content to Natural Selections upon our return, please fill out this form or contact us at nseditors@rockefeller.edu. We are already looking forward to our return and would like to encourage our contributors…

  • Life on a Roll: Rome—the Eternal City

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    Nan Pang Rome is often referred to as the “Eternal City”—the term was supposedly coined in the first century B.C. by the Roman poet Tibullus. This is because ancient Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world, or how many empires rose or fell, that Rome would go on forever. While walking through…

  • Dr. Sidney Strickland on the Changing of the Guard

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    Anna Amelianchik  On July 9, 2021, Dr. Sidney Strickland made the announcement that he will step down as the Dean of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies in the next few months. Since many members of our community were surprised to learn of this changing of the guard, I decided to meet with Dr. Strickland virtually to ask…

  • Culture Corner: Four Music Festivals, Four Very Different Documentaries

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    Bernie Langs There are four superlative film documentaries, two released in 1970 and two this year, chronicling music festivals that reflect era-defining moments in the cultural and social history of this country. Opinions stretch far and wide as to what lessons can be learned from each of these movies and whether each film is indicative…

  • Spread Like Wildfire

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    Aileen Marshall  Have you ever heard the phrase “spread like wildfire”? It refers to something that quickly affects or becomes known by an increasing number of people. There has been a growing number of wildfires around the world in the last few years. It made me wonder what is causing all these fires. It seems…

  • Natural Expressions

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    Art  Leena Sen, research assistant in the Funabiki Laboratory at The Rockefeller University, would like to share her digital and canvas artwork with the community. Sen’s work is predominantly portraits, but she has forayed into abstract work at times. Her artwork can be viewed on her Instagram page @hungriboiart.  Music  Collette Ryder, Director of the Office of Sponsored…