DREAMChasers is a free test prep and mentoring program to help students from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds test into NYC’s specialized high schools. Students chosen for the program will receive over 300 hours of professional test prep for the specialized […]
Hermann Rorschach (1884) Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist, devised his eponymous inkblot test to gauge the perceptions, intelligence, and emotional traits of his patients and used it to gather data for his 1921 book Psychodiagnostics. Based on the idea that people […]
Whence come the highest mountains? … They come out of the sea. That testimony is inscribed on their stones, and on the walls of their summits. Out of the deepest must the highest come to its height. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) […]
refutation Definition: (noun) The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions. Synonyms: defense Usage: His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive. Discuss.
Konrad Lorenz (1903) As a boy, Lorenz nursed sick animals from the local zoo. He became a zoologist and studied the behavior of birds, emphasizing innate as opposed to learned behaviors and focusing on imprinting, a rapid learning process in […]
If a man means to be hard, let him keep in his saddle and speak from that height, above the level of pleading eyes, and with the command of a distant horizon. George Eliot (1819-1880)
cleave Definition: (verb) Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. Synonyms: rive, split Usage: The axe had cleaved open the back of his skull. Discuss.
News From the NY Yankees The New York Yankees announced today they have re-signed LHP CC Sabathia to a one-year contract for the 2019 season. Sabathia, 38, has spent 10 seasons with the Yankees (2009-18), going 129-80 with a 3.74 ERA (1,810.2IP, […]
New York Fed President Williams to Visit the Bronx on November 19 November 7, 2018 NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John C. Williams will visit the Bronx on Monday, November 19, to meet with leaders […]
The Rebounders Club, a spirit club organized and run by a group of dedicated alumni to enhance the men’s and women’s varsity basketball experience at Fordham University, is proud to announce its relaunch in conjunction with the school’s Department of Athletics. […]
Wednesday, November 7th. November is designated every year as National Diabetes Month. The goal is to make the public more aware of the serious nature of the disease, and how to detect and control it. When our bodies are unable […]
I am proud to lead a growing majority in the most diverse legislative body in the country, our members are a true reflection of their constituents. In a year in which there was a historic number of women running for […]
James Naismith (1861) While teaching physical education in 1891, Naismith was tasked with creating a safe and inexpensive indoor sport to occupy his students during the Massachusetts winter. His game involved throwing a soccer ball through suspended half-bushel peach baskets, […]
I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
middling Definition: (adjective) Lacking exceptional quality or ability. Synonyms: mediocre, average, fair Usage: The performance was middling at best, but for some reason the audience still rose to its feet at the end of the show for a standing ovation. […]
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