Thursday, April 25, 2024
Photo courtesy of cottonbro, Pexels. It feels as if 2021 is ending just as soon as it began. We all made the joke “things will be so much better in 2021” and we were right. But one can’t help but feel that 2021 was not as memorable as we had hoped. […]
Photo Courtesy of John Matthew Smith and www.celebrity-photos.com, Flickr J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, drew massive attention to herself on Twitter last week, when she was doxxed by a group of protestors. Rowling is well-known for her transphobic views and concerns about sex and gender […]
Photo Courtesy of Matthew Wikfors The Berrie Center invited Puerto Rican performance group The Combat Hippies to perform their provocative theater piece “Amal” on Nov. 16 in celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month and Veterans and Military Families Month. The show explores the search for purpose and identity through the […]
Photo by Matthew Wikfors Chizoba Nwankwo, executive director of outcomes research in the Center for Observational and Real-world Evidence at Merck & Co., Inc, Switzerland, spoke to students about her experiences as a female leader in health services and the job opportunities available in the field on Nov. 10. The […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College, Flickr. Interim Dean of the School of Humanities and Global Studies (HGS) Susan Hangen shared some of the current ongoing projects of faculty and students taking place within HGS in an interview with Ramapo News. She also talked about the application of these projects in […]
Photo courtesy of Chris Sean Smith, Wiki. On Oct. 19, Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health, was sworn in as a four-star admiral by the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS), one of the eight branches of uniformed service in the U.S.. Levine made history earlier this year for […]
Photo courtesy of Brad Hoc, Flickr. As part of Violence Prevention Week, the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) and the Women’s Center hosted a student-led discussion covering toxic masculinity. Attendees met on Oct. 12 in the Alumni Lounges at 4 p.m. to watch a TED Talk on the issue and […]
Photo courtesy of WBEZ, Flickr. On Sept. 28, a New York jury found R. Kelly guilty on all charges during his trial for racketeering and sex trafficking. Some 50 witnesses were brought to the stand and they accused him of targeting, grooming and exploiting young women and men for sexual […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wiki Dr. Murray Sabrin, a former professor of finance and founder of Ramapo’s Sabrin Center for Free Enterprise, hosted a virtual talk called “Free Market Universal Health Care: ‘An Idea Whose Time Has Come”’ on Wednesday. He spoke about his new book, “Universal Medical Care […]
Photo courtesy of hnnssy25, Flickr Everyone listens to celebrities to some degree. Whether we worship them or simply hold admiration for them, it is impossible to deny that celebrities have a certain degree of influence on their audience. Celebrities have the kind of power that most ordinary people wish they […]
