An official in charge of diversity, equity and inclusion at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center was accused this week of plagiarizing large sections of his doctoral dissertation, according to an anonymous complaint filed with the university. The 55-page complaint accused the official, Alade McKen, of copying material in his 2021 dissertation at Iowa State University…
In the sixth season of the Netflix series “Love Is Blind,” one contestant, Chelsea, implied — through the walls of a self-contained dating pod — that she had a celebrity look-alike. “I get one person, and it’s just because I have dark hair and blue eyes,” she coyly teased another contestant, Jimmy, before revealing her…
The company announced the departure of its most famous spokeswoman in a corporate filing that sent the stock into a tailspin.
I know we’re in the dead of winter, but I have to admit, fall is the best time of year to get dressed. Yes, spring and summer have their perks, mainly, being the peak season for wedding guest dresses and ultra-cute (but affordable) swimsuits. And sure, shedding all those heavy layers in favor of something…
The Latest News Alcohol-related deaths surged in the United States by nearly 30 percent in recent years, with roughly 500 Americans dying each day in 2021, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study chronicled a sustained spike in drinking during the Covid pandemic that continued to…
Lately I’ve found myself in Bushwick … a lot. The last time I was in the neighborhood this much I was a 22-year-old sharing a railroad apartment on Bushwick Avenue — I may or may not have gotten the idea from “Girls” — and hosting bar trivia at Pine Box Rock Shop once a month.…
And how to get it under control.
The Abruzzo region of eastern central Italy, on the Adriatic coast, is home to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a popular red wine that paradoxically has been historically little known and rarely very good. Its popularity owed to one main factor: It was a cheap wine that was usually good enough. The last decade in the region, though,…
During a trip to the grocery store this week, I was stopped in my tracks by my one true harbinger of warmer days to come: the arrival of ranunculus, a darling of spring and my favorite blooms, in the floral section. It is also, coincidentally, “false spring” here in New York, with temperatures tipping into…
Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus may have caused a few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition, federal health officials said on Thursday. The numbers were small, on the order of two cases per 100,000 vaccinated people or fewer, and much more data is needed to pin down the risk, the officials said. In…