Does it seem like your online applications for internships/jobs are going into the notorious black hole? Many applicants have faced the frustration of the competitive internship/job application process. It often takes multiple applications until one hears back from a single employer/organization. With the advent of Vocate, it has now become easier for students to land […]
Author: Harika Thambireddy
Harika is a senior at Hunter College, enjoys writing on the sidelines, and she is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Messenger for the 2016-17 school year.
Starbucks Stepping it Up: What’s New this Spring?
The first day of Spring 2017 also marked the day that avocado spread arrived at Starbucks. Stepping up its already diverse menu, Starbucks is introducing the following food items and beverages: Organic Avocado Spread Ice cream (only in Seattle) Lemon Chiffon Yogurt Parrot cake pop Cascara Latte New flavors of Teavana Iced Tea New Packaged snacks While Starbucks does not […]
VERIPAD: A Startup by Macaulay Alumni
Having come from countries where counterfeit medication is a salient issue, and with a vested interest in medicine themselves, Bishoy Ghobryal (CCNY ’15) and Da Wi Shin (CCNY ’15) came up with a health IT solution to this problem with the help of various advisors. Their advisor Dr. Rajesh Vedanthan, a cardiologist at Mt. Sinai who […]
Museum of the Month: Rubin Museum of Art
The Rubin Museum features a magnificent collection of Himalayan art, giving insight into the customs and culture of the South Asian region. The Rubin Museum has recently formed a partnership with CUNY. For the 2015-2016 academic year, CUNY students, faculty and administrative staff have free general admission to the museum, as well as student ticket […]
Selections from Humans of Macaulay
“What are the things that stand between you and complete happiness?” “It’s mainly outside pressures. Freshman year of Macaulay, we were asked one question: if you could have one job, whatever it is, independent of how much money you’ll earn, what would it be? I answered, I want to be a monk to live a […]
South Asian Health & Development Initiative: Macaulay’s Newest Service Organization
By: Pooja Dutta (City ’18), Tanvir Islam (City ’18) and John Udara Mendis (City ’18) The beat of exotic Bollywood music, hands decorated with beautiful henna designs, and complicated dance numbers on the big screen were just some of the sights and sounds from Bollywood Henna Night on Friday, October 23rd. The event at MHC […]
Time to ‘Fall Back’
November 6th marked the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2016, which began in the springtime. Clocks were set back an hour nationwide and worldwide, in at least 70 other countries. The practice of DST in the U.S. was first established in 1918, but then repealed the following year. It then started again during World War […]
The Potential of Dental Stem Cells
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) from healthy wisdom teeth. These stem cells offer “a new source of corneal transplant tissue made from the patient’s own cells,” according to a press release from the university. Stem cell research is an exciting and slowly progressing […]
The Science of Sneezing
Did you know that your most forceful sneeze can travel out of your mouth at the speed of a category two hurricane—approximately 100 miles per hour? Sneezes can also spray up to 5,000 particles, which can travel up to 20 feet. Since it’s flu season and I happened to be irritably sneezing with a cold […]
Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientists for Discovering the Brain’s “Inner GPS”
How does the brain map our surroundings, and how does it help us navigate our complex environment? The answer to this question, which has long baffled philosophers and scientists, was elucidated through scientific discoveries within behavioral neuroscience made in the past few decades. Dr. John O’Keefe, a neuroscientist and alumnus of CUNY City College (Class of 1963), was […]
