Battery Park City resident Marijo Russell-O’Grady has co-authored a new book that is timely and topical, albeit in a troubling way. With her colleague, Katie Treadwell, Dr. Russell-O’Grady (who holds a PhD in higher education administration) has written, “Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being,” a research-driven analysis of […]
Archives for March 2019
Today in History March 29
The Petersburg Tollhouse, on the National Road in Addison, Pennsylvania 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 […]
Today’s Calendar March 29
Batting practice Downtown Little League OPENING DAY is April 6th 12NOON Battery Park City Health Workshop VISION HEALTH 6 River Terrace Technique in Brow Lifting Lunch presentation Q&A 12:30 – 2pm All Seminars are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. Lunch will be served. bpcseniors@gmail.com 212-312 […]
Go Directly to Jail
This schematic details the design and allocation of space that prison-reform advocates hope will make a new jail a more humane detention facility. On Monday, the clock began ticking on the approval process under which a plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio to build a new, high-rise jail in Lower Manhattan may move ahead, or […]
Today in History March 28
Henri Fabre in 1910 with his seaplane, Hydravion AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. 1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai. 1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia. 1871 – The Paris Commune […]
Today’s Calendar March 28
Batting practice Downtown Little League OPENING DAY is April 6 2-3:30PM After Poland with Author Cheryl Chaffin Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust As a student in Italy in the 1980s, Cheryl Chaffin first discovered the writing of Primo Levi, the eminent Italian-Jewish chemist, poet, and writer of Holocaust testimony. […]