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  • Quotable Quote

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     “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai, youngest Nobel Peace Prize awardee

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    “Loblolly – A lout; a stupid, rude or awkward person Blatherskite – A person who talks foolishly at length Poltroon – A spiritless coward Cacafuego – A swaggering braggart or boaster Crepehanger – A killjoy; someone who takes a pessimistic view Slubberdegullion – A dirty rascal; scoundrel….” In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 4/15/15, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker

  • Tuning Attention and Focusing on the Moment

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    By Peng Kate Gao A few years ago, my friend and I took a road trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a typical mid-fall afternoon, when warm autumn colors began to paint the pastoral landscape of the Appalachian Highlands. The drive was not a difficult one; we had little fear of tumbling over…

  • Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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    By George Barany and Marcia Brott George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). Marcia Brott is a human genome researcher by day, wordsmith by night. Both are currently at the University of Minnesota. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit http://tinyurl.com/wonderlandpuz. More Barany and Friends crosswords are at http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle.

  • It’s Christmas Time in the City

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    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 help you feel that holiday cheer. The gigantic tree at Rockefeller Center is an…

  • April Fools!

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    By Aileen Marshall April Fools’ Day is celebrated on April 1. This is the day when it’s common to pull pranks on friends and false news stories run rampant. However, the truth is always revealed later that day. While not an official holiday, the practice is commonly accepted. No one really knows when the tradition…

  • Doubly Distinguished

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    By George Barany, Jed Fisher, Micheel Hanko, and Marjorie Russel GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977); JF is a native New Yorker transplanted to the mid-west, where at the University of Notre Dame he continues to read, think, and write about important minutiae at the interface between biology and chemistry; MH is a NYC voice…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Photo contributed by Elodie Pauwels, http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com

  • Stopping to Smell the Rhododendron

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    by Jessica Phippard A sense of calm overcomes me as I enter campus each morning, the street sounds fading out as the stresses of the morning commute melt away. It is the landscaping on campus that does this to me. Despite any anxieties about what the day may bring, the flowers and trees in sharp…