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Resilience in Leadership: Dr. Donya Ball’s Story of Overcoming Adversity and Making a Lasting Impact.
In the realm of leadership, where storms are inevitable, there shines a beacon of resilience and inspiration in the form of Dr. Donya Ball. With a unique blend of insight, knowledge, and passion, she navigates the tumultuous seas of leadership, leaving an undeniable mark on those fortunate enough to encounter her wisdom. Dr. Ball’s journey…
Read MoreWhy the Art of Michelangelo Pistoletto Is as Contemporary as Ever
An installation view of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “To Step Beyond.” Courtesy of Lévy Gorvy Dayan / Photo Elisabeth Bernstein As one of the legendary founding figures of Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto cemented his name in art history with a practice that has remained fiercely loyal to its radical origins while continuously evolving in form, concept and…
Read MoreBrooklyn Museum Is Breaking the Mold: An Interview With Director of Curatorial Affairs Catherine Futter
Brooklyn Museum’s Catherine Futter. Photo credit: Jonathan Dorado, Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum Late last year, the Brooklyn Museum announced it had acquired more than 330 artworks in 2024—an impressive figure for any institution and ever more so given the intense competition for donations in this city. The works were distributed across some of the…
Read MoreDirector Mike Leigh On The Improvisational Path to ‘Hard Truths’
Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths Courtesy of Bleecker Street Mike Leigh’s first movie in six years finds the writer-director back together with one of the stars of 1996 breakthrough, Secrets & Lies, Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Both Leigh and Jean-Baptiste earned Oscar nominations for Secrets & Lies (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for him, and Best…
Read MoreKid Is a Love Letter to the Perfect New York Slice
Sam and Brett Nidel and Tamara McCarthy’s new restaurant, Kid, is inspired by the perfect New York slice. Andrew Bui Like a primary school classroom in a Wes Anderson film, everything at Kid has a purpose. Colorblock pizza shakers double as vessels for house-dried spices and decor. An arcade game floats at the end of…
Read MoreHow a Mass Extinction Driven by Ancient Volcanoes Led to the Age of the Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs only started to live large after a mass extinction altered the planet in their favor. Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass extinction that wiped out all the…
Read MoreWhat Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S and the World
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U.S. and other countries less safe from infectious diseases and other public-health threats. “For Americans it may not be obvious immediately what the impact will be, but…
Read MoreHealth Agencies On Communications Pause
With respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before communicating with the public. “As the new Administration considers its plan for managing the federal policy and public communications processes, it is important that the President’s appointees…
Read MoreA Los Angeles Photographer Captures the Devastating Fires Threatening His Beloved Community
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When the Palisades Fire started in early January, I was out of town in a remote area in central California with practically no cell service, and my family was out of the country. I hiked to the top of a hill, and my phone started blowing up. It was time to make a beeline home.…
Read MoreThe Mental-Health Toll of the California Wildfires Is Just Beginning
Firefighters are making progress on containing the wildfires that have been raging for weeks in Southern California. But even once the physical threat of the fires diminishes, the mental-health toll will linger for months and even years, experts say. With thousands of people evacuated and homes destroyed, rebuilding people’s social and psychological resources is one…
Read MoreHow to Get Better at Doing Things Alone
As a recent college graduate in a new city, Samantha Elliott thought she’d be lonely. Instead, she found companionship in the most unexpected place: with herself. And that, ironically, helped expand her community. “Being alone has this negative connotation, like it’s a punishment, but you’re learning to be friends with yourself,” says Elliott, who’s 24.…
Read MoreThe Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs
The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing weight. In report published in Nature Medicine, Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the VA St. Louis Health Care System and clinical epidemiologist at…
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