EDUCATION
Newsday, December 2007 - Shrinking the gender divide
When they won the team prize in a national math and science competition earlier this month, Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff became instant celebrities - not only for their tuberculosis research, but because of their gender. It was the first time in the nine years of the prestigious Siemens Competition that girls swept the top spots. Experts say the three winners are part of a trend: More girls and women are getting involved - and succeeding - in math and science than ever before.
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Newsday, June 2007 - Flight to Nowhere
Two government employees spent an hour on a rainy Wednesday morning doing a bird survey, part of an effort to determine locally what experts say is true nationally - that many common birds are slowly disappearing around the U.S. and Long Island.
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Los Angeles Times, July 2007 - Alcohol abusers not seeking help
The vast majority of adult Americans who abuse alcohol never seek treatment, according to a new government public health survey. The survey, the first of its kind by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 10 years, presents a full picture of alcohol disorders in the country.
GENERAL NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, October 2007 - How John helped Jackson (Page 1)
When Michele Iallonardi heard about half-priced swimming lessons for children with autism, she was skeptical they would work for her son, Jackson. But ever hopeful, Iallonardi enrolled Jackson in one-on-one classes. "I'm never going to see what happens if I don't do it," she said. What happened was a surprising but too brief experience for Jackson, a connection that inspired Iallonardi to write a story for the most recent book in the motivational series "Chicken Soup for the Soul."
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ColorLines, January 2009 - Graphic Novels that Heal
On a summer day in the mid-1970s, a young Jaime Cortez was working in the garlic fields of Gilroy, California, with his mother, father and older sister. An Immigration and Naturalization Service van roared onto the site, and suddenly workers were scrambling for cover. The Cortez family was not undocumented, but that didn’t matter to Jaime Cortez, the child of Mexican immigrants who felt—and continues to feel—like an outsider.
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
The Columbia Journalist, May 2007 - Latina teenagers have nation's highest rate of suicide attempts
Isabel's grades were slipping. Her mother was in psychiatric care. Her brothers used drugs and were in and out of prison. She felt hopeless and said she no longer wanted to live.
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Newsday, July 2007 - Autism goes to vaccine court
A Long Island family is among 4,800 others nationwide with autistic children whose disabilities they believe were caused by vaccines, something the scientific community has largely rejected. But these families are seeking an answer to the mystery of their children's autism, and compensation, from a little known "vaccine court" in Washington, D.C.
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Newsday, January 2009 - Born into Luxury
With pullout sleeper sofas, 42-inch, flat-screen televisions and wireless Internet connections, the private rooms planned for two Long Island hospitals look more like upscale hotel lodgings than postpartum recovery suites. Stark, shared maternity rooms will go the way of outdated wards at Long Island hospitals.
EDUCATION
Newsday, December 2007 - The Battle to Connect
Jackson Louie, a 9-year-old with dark, shaggy hair and chubby cheeks, sits across from student teacher Jaclyn Lee. A thick three-ring binder, in which Lee writes constantly, is on the desk between them. "Where do you go to sleep?" Lee asks. "In the bedroom," Jackson says softly, without making eye contact. They repeat the exchange four more times. Jackson, who has autism, has earned a penny.
EDUCATION
Newsday, January 2008 - Logging on and Learning
The sixth-graders in the Westhampton Beach Middle School classroom sat at tables, staring up at their teacher. In front of each was a laptop, screen slanted down. "You're going to have to figure out how you think King Tut died," Cindy Hart said to her students. Screens went up, fingers tapped keyboards and ear buds emerged from backpacks... It was ancient history, learned with some of the most modern technology.
GENERAL NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, August 2009 - Helicopter-plane collision kills 9
Nine people were presumed killed when a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane collided over the Hudson River about noon yesterday, authorities said, resulting in the deadliest crash over the waterway in recent memory. The plane, bound for Ocean City, N.J., and carrying a pilot and two passengers, including a child, may have slammed into the back of the helicopter, which had five Italian tourists and a pilot aboard, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference.
GENERAL NEWS & FEATURES
Newsday, June 2007 - Life and death, and a movie (Page 1)
On the day he took the test to determine whether he had the same rare heart disorder that killed his father, Tom Sutch went to the hospital with a video camera. The clip of Sutch connected to wires and beeping machines became a segment in his documentary, "Broken Hearts, Electric Shocks," which will premiere next month at the Long Island International Film Expo in Bellmore.
PROFILES
South Jersey Magazine, November 2009 - Superwomen of South Jersey
Short profiles of some of the "superwomen" who make big impacts on South Jersey.
GENERAL NEWS & FEATURES
The Crime Report, October 2009 - HIV Prisoners: What happens when they get out?
New York took a major step this fall to provide care for HIV-positive inmates — and a victory for prisoners’ rights activists — with legislation giving the state Department of Health an official oversight role in the HIV/AIDS and hepatitis care provided in prison. But it underlined a problem that concerns public health experts and criminologists: what happens to HIV-infected prisoners when they return home?
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
KoreAm Journal, December 2008 - Bye-Bye, Bling
“We’re, like, the most non-designer designers,” says Tina Chang, sitting across from her business partner, Esther Mun, at a coffee shop in downtown Manhattan. Indeed, dressed plainly and carrying items from their unadorned product line, born of a shared philosophy that prohibits “design for the sake of design,” Chang and Mun look less like stylistas than the European tourists and hipsters that populate the tables around them.
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ColorLines, October 2009 - Latinos Face Cancer Scourge
With the Latino population set to triple by 2050, the already alarming number of cancer diagnoses in the Latino community could rise just as sharply, or even more drastically, according to a new compilation of research. “I see this as a train wreck that’s really waiting to happen,” said Lydia Buki, a licensed psychologist and associate professor of community health at the University of Illinois.
PROFILES
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, January 2010 - Freedom to Express and Contribute
For Dr. Gonzalo E. Torres, scientific research — and academia in general — is about the freedom to break away from the herd. A Chilean-born neurobiologist, Torres was lauded in 2009 as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the government’s highest honor for young professionals early in their research careers.
EDUCATION
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, November 2009 - Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues
The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn't stop talking. A forum on the country's changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university's new diversity research center left the students with more to say. "We didn't finish!" freshman communications major Nyidera Edwards said as the three-hour event concluded.
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Philadelphia Daily News & Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2009 - Plan your meals with the ‘Idaho plate’ method
When bariatric surgery isn’t an option, experts say, there are more moderate dietary techniques that can help put diabetics on track for their ideal diet. Some involve meal planning. Ghada Haddad, head of endocrinology at Cooper University Hospital, suggests the "Idaho plate" method: Fill half a plate with nonstarchy vegetables, a quarter with a starch, and the remainder with a piece of chicken or fish.
GENERAL NEWS & FEATURES
The Bronx Times, 2007 - Bronx Little Italy soldiers on, as heritage fades
For how good this ricotta-filled cannoli tastes, one would think there were little Italian grandmothers slaving away in the kitchen of a Bronx pastry shop. But today, it is Mexican immigrants who create some of the tastiest treats in the Bronx's Little Italy.
