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Malaria is one of the many severe parasitic diseases to mankind, but wildlife malaria, Plasmodium, is understudied in biology. Sarah Pangburn changed that by studying plasmodium-infected lizards in the Caribbean during her doctoral studies. Pangburn joined City College and the American Museum of Natural History for research, and was able to work with Susan Perkins, the Dean of Science, with expertise in Caribbean ecosystems. …
Brooklyn Artists Transform BQE Underpass
As the city weighs how to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights, the Atlantic Avenue underpass beneath the highway has, in the meantime, been transformed into a work of art highlighting the damage caused by its construction nearly 80 years ago…
Peaceful ‘No Kings’ Protest Draws Brooklyn Crowd Demanding Change
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday in Downtown Brooklyn for the No Kings protest, a day of defiance against President Donald Trump overstepping the limits of his power in his second term…
‘Desert Skies’ creator’s lifelong mental health battle helped him write his podcast
Growing up in the Nazarene Church outside of Coolidge, Arizona, where mental illness was a taboo discussion, Jared Carter says he experienced a “hollow echoing feeling” that to him felt like demons.
FAIR Act advances to state senate, assembly to further small business protections
New York State advanced the FAIR Business Practices Act in legislation that would help protect individuals, small businesses and non-profits from scams…
Protesters gathered on the third anniversary of war in Ukraine
Hundreds gathered in Times Square on the anniversary of the third year of war in Ukraine on Feb. 24…
Gramercy small businesses on shopping local this holiday season
Three years ago, Irish Cardill opened his small vintage shop, Pineapple, in the fashion capital of the world: New York City. In a city booming in street style, he planned to create a fashion brand that embodies the city’s streetwear spirit…
How two grandmothers launched a backyard cider business
Michigan is the second-largest producer of apples in the country, behind Washington and next to New York with almost 15 million apple trees in the state. Twelve of them are planted in Paula Camp’s yard in Benton Harbor, in southwest Michigan…
Many Arab and Muslim Voters were united as uncommitted. What Now?
Public health advocate Malaak Elhage was volunteering for an organization in her parents’ hometown of Ghazieh, Lebanon, when the conflict in Gaza started last October. It brought her painful memories of bombings her family escaped in the same city almost 20 years ago, when she was 6 years old. Now a resident of Dearborn, MI, she’s unhappy with how President Joe Biden is handling the war, and she voted uncommitted in the primaries…