Ruth Gotian spends her days as the “chief learning officer” and an assistant professor teaching anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. But on this particular evening, she was Ruth Gotian, author of “The Success Factor,” exploring how to reach “peak performance” through the eyes of those who actually achieved it.
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By GARY LARKIN
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4/4/22
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With each step, with every angle, this year’s orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden is designed for visitors to envision themselves in a vibrant floral kaleidoscope.
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By STACY DRIKS
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2/20/22
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Now or never. It’s a phrase that conveys the immediacy of a problem — If it isn’t fixed now, there may never be another chance. That phrase could apply to any number of crises we’re facing today amid a global pandemic and ever-increasing political polarization.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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2/14/22
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Words have power. But over whom? “Poetry saved my life,” said Melissa Castillo Planas, an associate English professor at Lehman College.
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By SARAH BELLE LIN
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12/6/21
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Ever since it opened in 2017, The Hill Bistro struggled to find a dedicated customer base at its 3541 Riverdale Ave., restaurant. But just like so many other small businesses, the coronavirus pandemic delivered a fatal blow to The Hill, forcing it to finally close its doors early last month.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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11/27/21
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One of the Bronx’s largest cultural institutions, the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, reopened this month after a 19-month hiatus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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By TRINA MANNINO
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10/17/21
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More than a million dollars has flowed in to The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, ensuring the popular venue will be ready to reopen on Oct. 2.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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9/6/21
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The coronavirus pandemic will likely be remembered for how much it isolated people from one another. At the same time, however, it may also be seen as a period that helped many new communities come together.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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7/22/21
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Damaris Mercado remembers watching her parents dance to salsa music in her living room growing up.
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By BRENDAN O’SULLIVAN
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7/18/21
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Maintaining the grounds at Van Cortlandt Park is not just a job for humans — at least not this summer. That’s because the park’s hardest-working guests — Taffy, Leo and Juliet — have arrived, continuing what has become a seasonal tradition of welcoming goats to gobble up all of Vannie’s invasive plants.
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By SOPHIA ROMANO
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7/11/21
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