By Saifa Khan It’s Women’s History Month, which means not only celebrating the women who have made strides in history, but also celebrating the women who continue doing big things today! Kamali Thompson is one such woman: a 28-year-old training as a professional fencer to make Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics while studying…
By Gennady M. Vulakh March 8th, 2020, 12:14 AM. I’m standing in my local Russian flower shop, chatting away with the owner, although I’m mostly thinking about how I somehow plan to lug $70 worth of flowers eleven blocks to my house. Twenty minutes later I was somehow doing it: four bouquets and several individually…
By Brie Underwood Happy Women’s History Month! During this month, I hope that you take some time to reflect on and thank any and all women who have helped you get to where you are now and for how they continue to help and support you throughout your life. Thank your favorite female professor, give…
Valentina Tereshkova The year is 1963, just six years before Neil Armstrong took one small step. At this stage in the great space race, Yuri Gagarin had already made history by being the first human to enter space and orbit the planet in 1961. Because of his flight, a Soviet woman who dropped out of…
Lisa Brundage Role at Macaulay: Director of Teaching, Learning and Technology Bio (via Macaulay’s website): In this role, she supports integration of pedagogically appropriate academic technology into Macaulay seminars and provides student and faculty support for digital project development. Lisa also oversees numerous experiential learning events at Macaulay, including co-directing the annual BioBlitz, IDEA Day, and…
There are many different discoveries throughout history that have made a lasting impact on what we know about the natural world. So many discoveries have changed the trajectory of our future from what we thought we knew into what we can possibly know. One of the greatest discoveries that changed scientific thought at the time…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, it is important to look back at the female pioneers who have paved the way in fields such as science, mathematics, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. They have pried open previously locked doors of opportunities that are now available to young girls aspiring to do great things. Last semester, in…
Amongst the canon movie classics like Citizen Kane, Casablanca and Psycho lies a particularly odd gem: Ingmar Bergman’s female-oriented film Persona. Released in 1966, an era when women were finding a new platform to raise their voices in the U.S., Bergman’s film explores the relationship between two women. The psychological screenplay continues to plague analysts today….
Celebrating History This month, City College is hosting events in honor of Black History Month. In the past few weeks of February, events have included a performance of “James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop,” lectures on the lives of Malcolm X and Bob Marley, and showings of Good Hair, Glory Road and To Sir With…
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