The Rubin Museum features a magnificent collection of Himalayan art, giving insight into the customs and culture of the South Asian region. The Rubin Museum has recently formed a partnership with CUNY. For the 2015-2016 academic year, CUNY students, faculty and administrative staff have free general admission to the museum, as well as student ticket…
On November 24, a Russian fighter jet was shot down by Turkish forces. On November 13, a coordinated attack by ISIS agents in Paris killed over 130 people. On October 31, a Russian civilian airliner flying over the Sinai Peninsula to Moscow was downed, killing 224 passengers and crew. These events are disturbing symptoms of…
November, while usually the month of the turkey—but often overshadowed by overzealous Christmas fanatics (read: all department stores)—was a little different this year. This is why: J’aime Paris and the World Several coordinated terrorist attacks ravaged the city of Paris on the 13th, killing 130 people and injuring nearly 400 others. The tragedy has brought to…
The belief that one is already dead is known as Cotard’s syndrome, named after the French neurologist who first diagnosed it. In the 1800s, Jules Cotard described the syndrome as a type of depression characterized by anxious melancholia and delusions about one’s own body. Esmé Weijun Wang is among the few people who experienced the…
There’s no doubt that the Knicks still run New York. Ever since the Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, they still have not been able to build a legitimate fan base. Last season, the Nets were able to squeeze their way into the playoffs while the Knicks finished with their worst season in franchise history,…
Baruch College was ranked 6th on the 2016 Top Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship list by The Princeton Review. This is the eighth consecutive year that Baruch was included in either or both undergraduate and graduate lists. The Zicklin Graduate School of Business was ranked 9th on the Graduate list. Between May and August of 2015, The Princeton Review…
Tuesday, November 3rd Women’s Volleyball WINS against CCNY Score: 3-0 (25-14, 25-8, 25-12) Friday, November 6th Women’s Volleyball LOSES to Hunter College Score: 0-3 (27-29, 16-25, 14-25) Women’s Volleyball WINS against John Jay College Score: 3-0 (25-20, 25-9, 25-14) Thursday, November 12th Women’s Swimming & Diving LOSES to Queens College Score: 42-63 Women’s Swimming & Diving LOSES to…
Humans thousands of years ago were not big eaters of wild pumpkins or other members of the Cucurbita genus. Rather, it was the megafauna – animals like the mastodon, giant sloth, and mammoth – that played an important role in the dispersal and survival of these wild plants. Anthropologists from Penn State have recently released…
They are so intense that many would guess that images of the phenomenon are computer-generated or photoshopped images. Upon seeing these, the next question is inevitably – how do they form?
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