Girls Explore the Science of Fashion
Fashion designer Diana Eng used the runway to display some physics-inspired creations in a bid to get more girls interested in math and science.
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The Net Effect on News
Reporters recently gathered at St. Francis College in Brooklyn for a panel discussion about how the Internet is changing journalism.
Kitty’s a Tiger in the Ring
Kathleen (Kitty) Walsh, a 20-year-old college student, is battling her way through the Daily News Golden Gloves tournament.
via The Local
Dying For Yoga – in a Funeral Home
A Brooklyn yoga studio owner has set up shop in a former funeral home where her students practice "death meditation."
via The Local
Daycare in Gentrifying Areas Faces Ax
The Duffield Children's Center in Fort Greene is among 15 subsidized daycare operations, located in gentrifying neighborhoods, that could be shuttered.
via Gay City News
Gay-Friendly Bar Faces Final Curtain
Brooklyn's Starlite Lounge, which bills itself as the “oldest black-owned non-discriminating bar in New York,” is battling eviction after a half-century in business.
via Crain's New York Business
Hard Numbers Behind Soft Job Market
Depending on who’s asking, when they’re asking and what they’re asking, New…
via New York Daily News
Attacks Spur Help For Bronx Africans
Bronx officials are forming an African Advisory Council amid a spate of attacks against the borough's growing African immigrant population.