Alice Hamilton (1869) A pioneer in industrial toxicology and the first female faculty member at Harvard University, Hamilton became an authority on lead poisoning and a worldwide specialist in occupational diseases. Her services as an authority on industrial conditions, ailments, […]

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time, not one’s own. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Chairman Crowley and Councilman Constantinides Demand Answers from Amtrak on Public Safety Risks (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) and NYC Council Member Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) are demanding answers from Amtrak on its failure […]

John Harvey Kellogg (1852) Remembered today as the co-creator of corn flakes, Kellogg was a physician and food reformer. He founded a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, based on the principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in conjunction with his […]

Cruelty was the devil’s own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to … On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind […]

Skeptic Definition: (noun) Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. Synonyms: Doubter Usage: Johnson was one of the skeptics who vigorously denounced Macpherson as a shameless imposter.

BP DIAZ HOSTS ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION On Saturday, February 10, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual celebration of Black History Month at the Einstein Community Room in the Co-op City section of The Bronx. […]

NYC TAXI DRIVERS AND TAXI-BASE OWNERS HELD MORNING VIGIL AT CITY HALL AND CALLED FOR THOROUGH REVIEW AND REFORM OF TLC’S ABUSIVE PRACTICES They also honored the memory of taxi drivers  who recently suffered tragic deaths A coalition of NYC-based […]

STATEMENT FROM COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD RE: Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City Brooklyn, NY – “Last night, while Mayor de Blasio promised to make New York the ‘fairest big city in America,’ dozens of Community Voices Heard (CVH) members […]

Embezzle Definition: (verb) To take (money, for example) for one’s own use in violation of a trust. Synonyms: Defalcate, Malversate, Misappropriate, Peculate  Usage: The director embezzled $34 million in company funds before he was caught.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Ida Noddack (1896) One of the first prominent female chemists in Germany, Noddack was nominated several times for a Nobel Prize but never won. Still, she made a number of remarkable contributions to science, co-discovering the element rhenium with her […]