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Kabang: The face of heroism
By Federico A. Espiritu Kabang, the snout-less street dog from the Philippines, stands to spend a wintry Christmas in America, as she undergoes a series of facial surgeries in a California hospital. She lost nearly half her face while saving two Zamboanga girls from a motorcycle accident last year. The headline-grabbing incident caught the attention […]
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Software developer shares Bloomberg’s vision for digital NYC
By Cristina DC Pastor Want to know how many people visit the Rockefeller Center every year or every hour? Maybe you’re curious about New York’s youngest, wealthiest mayors. And just who are the Canarsies? NYCFacets, an application that will put New York City at your fingertips, is nearing completion and scheduled to launch in October. […]
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Michael Purugganan: Unlocking the secret life of rice
By Cristina DC Pastor In January, Michael Purugganan, 48, was named dean for Science at NYU. For the former Collegian features editor who rose to become a leading plant biologist and now a distinguished New York science educator, the journey began quite inauspiciously — with rice. A study indicating that rice originated solely from China […]
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MIT to help breed Filipino scientists
In the name of science and technology, MIT in Cambridge and the Philippine Science High School in Palo, Leyte found each other. Through Project Philippines 2012, the two schools are hoping to inspire students to develop scientific traits, like having an inquiring mind and problem-solving skills, through leadership training. If they can steer young people […]