We had an eventful end to a busy semester – here is some fine reading and viewing for the holidays: The latest issue of the Mott Haven Herald is packed with stories and photos by Carla Candia, Jeanmarie Evelly, Sergey Kadinsky, Erin McCarthy, Vishal Persaud and Chris Prentice. Maureen Sullivan weighed in on “The Evolution [...]
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Holiday Toy Drives, A Queens Sculptor and the City's Anti-Obesity Campaign
Deep Throat, the Times Square Gunman and a MetroCard Scavenger
Greetings, Our reporters were on-the-air, in the papers and all over the web this past week. Here is a sampling: Sophie Cocke, Indrani Datta, Jeanmarie Evelly, Meital Fried, Alex Green IV and Rachel Senatore served as production associates on the latest “Talking Health” webcast. The show, produced by Prof. Williston and moderated by Prof. Lieberman, [...]
Studs Terkel's FBI File, Obama Oil and the Bernie Madoff Auction
Here are some stories guaranteed to make good weekend reading and viewing: Valerie Lapinski’s exclusive about the contents of Studs Terkel’s FBI file, posted on the News Service, went viral – The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and scores of other news sites and [...]
The NYC Marathon, Handwriting Training and a Sci-Fi Rock Band
Things got off to a running start with the Marathon, and haven’t stopped: Almudena Toral’s story about a marathoner from Spain made the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta. Talk about a relay race: Carla Candia, Michael Cohen, Juan DeJesus, Musikilu Mojeed, Walter Smith-Randolph, Rochana Rapkins, Jordan Shakeshaft, Andrea Swalec and Margaret Teich contributed vignettes and/or pictures [...]
Art Cars, Mural Restoration and Sen. Snowe's Health Care Vote
Some great reading/viewing to help pass a rainy weekend: Maureen Sullivan’s review of a short story collection called, “Love in Infant Monkeys” was by published by The Internet Review of Books. Maya Pope-Chappell acted quickly on a tip (from Prof. Williston), ran down to 41st street and found herself amid decked-out “art cars” and their [...]

