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H1N1 Mutation in China: Panic Time?
"Voices of Reason" is a regular feature, taking a brief look at how some of the country's top medical experts view developing health-news stories.
Baruch begins this year's fight against cancer
CUNY's annual Relay for Life fundraising event started off with a party on Thursday with Baruch's kick-off during club hours.
Hamill: Oldest female Marine laid to rest
Miriam Cohen's niece, Debra Allee, receives the flag at her aunt's funeral. Cohen, who passed away on Veteran's Day at age 101, was the nation's oldest female marine.
Cuomo Said to Have $16 Million for Race to Oust New York Governor Paterson
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has raised $16 million in a campaign to challenge Democratic Governor David Paterson in 2010 for the statea s top job, according to a person familiar with his plans.
N.Y. Public Library President to Step Down in 2011
The president of the New York Public Library has announced plans to retire. Paul LeClerc said in a statement that he will retire in the summer of 2011.
Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for "Let the Great World Spin," a novel featuring a sprawling cast of characters in 1970s New York City whose lives are ineluctably touched by the mysterious tightrope walker who traverses a wire suspended between the Twin Towers one morning.
New York Library Leader to Step Down
After 16 years at the helm of one of the world's largest library systems, Paul LeClerc announced on Wednesday that he would step down as president of the New York Public Library in the summer of 2011 to give the institution plenty of time to search for a replacement.
Beaky, the Disabled Prospect Park Goose
A Canada goose in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, which local residents have named Beaky, is missing part of its upper beak.
NYC political anchor takes bizarre fall from grace
Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rudy Giuliani.
EDITORIAL: New York's public education needs to get in the race
The cement is cracking around some long-standing problems with public education in New York.
Teaching improvements considered in NY
The state Board of Regents is considering innovations to improve teaching. The policy-making board will consider new requirements for incoming teachers to demonstrate knowledge of a subject and classroom skills that can be linked to effective instruction.
Rockettes kick off holiday travel season
Astrid and Celina Bertoncini got a bonus yesterday on their way into Manhattan to see "Mary Poppins" on Broadway - the Cortlandt residents got to meet a couple of Radio City Rockettes.
Kuhens: UT program deserves recognition
With all due respect to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, his address at Teachers College, Columbia University, at the end of October had a few things wrong - namely that not all teacher preparation programs are failing.
Hunter College MFA Open Studios
Hunter College MFA Open Studios Hunter College/Times Square Gallery Hell's Kitchen 450 West 41st Street, , 212-772-4991 November 20 - November 21, 2009 Opening: Friday, November 20, 6 - 10 PM The Department of Art at Hunter College Presents HUNTER COLLEGE : MFA Open Studios Friday November 20th 6-10pm Saturday November 21st 2-6pm Hunter College ...
People With Less Education Could Be More Susceptible To The Flu
The University of Michigan study looked at a latent virus called CMV in young people, and the body's ability to control the virus.
Author And Advocates Work To Make School Lunches Healthy
" School cafeterias are on their way to getting healthier, fresher and more nutritious due to a growing movement that is uprooting the way school children eat and to junk the junk food that fatten a generation.
UVI adds new courses, new professors
Two accomplished and talented writers will be joining the University of the Virgin Islands faculty and offering several new courses to students for the spring semester.
Top literary prizewinner to read at PSU
Michael Thomas, author of "Man Gone Down," a novel about post-9/11 aggression, greed and racism, will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
Bloomberg Aides Fret on Post-Election Bonuses
Bonus reform could hit Gracie Mansion. Mayor Bloomberg's aides - " conditioned to expect windfall bonuses for helping achieve bigger margins of victory on Bloomberg's last two reelection campaigns - worry their billionaire boss will only dole out lumps of coal for his meager third term win this go around.
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Ex-Hunter College staffer accused of online scam
A former Hunter College staffer convicted of ripping off the school allegedly roped far-flung investors into funding a fictitious online fitness magazine to help repay the school, prosecutors said.
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