December 2004
Filmmaker
By Sarah Ann Mockbee
When Sam Wainwright Douglas graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the spring of 1998 with a major in film and television, he was ready to make his mark in the industry with creative, ambitious and visionary films. READ ARTICLE
October 2004
Paleontologist
Mark A. Norell: Remains Make His Day
by Jan Aaron
Even as a kid, Mark A. Norell was a collector. “I went for bugs, rocks,
even old bottles,” he said, during an interview in his spacious office
at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Now, as chairman and curator
of AMNH’s Division of Paleontology, Dr. Norell specializes in researching
the evolutionary relationship between small meat-eating dinosaurs and present-day
birds. READ ARTICLE
September 2004
Explore
A New Career
So You Want To Be A Film Major?
by Sarah N. Lynch
Growing up with a father who launched his own local television station in Kentucky,
it comes as no surprise that Brittany Stevenson was destined to major in film
and television production. MORE
June 2004
So
You Want to Own a Vineyard: An Interview with Bob Brower
of Chateau Julien in California
by Dorothy Davis
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May 2004
Interview
with
David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue
by Michelle Accorso & Pola Rosen, Ed.D. READ MORE
Women
at the Top Give Career Advice at NYWICI
by
Sybil Maimin READ
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A
Column Exploring College Majors
So You Want to Be an Art/Art History
Major?
by Sarah N. Lynch READ
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April 2004
An Interview with Cynthia Nixon—Actor,
Advocate
by
Michelle Accorso
You know her as Miranda from HBO's "Sex and the
City." What
you may know is that Cynthia Nixon is fighting for your
kids' rights to a quality education. READ MORE
December 2003
Lewis Frumkes, Director, Writing
Center,
Marymount Manhattan College
by Dorothy Davis
Lewis Burke Frumkes, who right after graduation worked
on Wall Street, is now the Director of The Writing Center
at Marymount Manhattan College. READ
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May 2003
Tad Crawford: Publisher & Founder
of Allworth Press
by Michelle Accorso
Have you ever wanted to make your own movie, publish
an article, or exhibit your art, but not know how to
start? READ
MORE
April 2003
Paul Binder, Founder, Big
Apple Circus
by Tom Kertes
Paul Binder’s first “circus thoughts” came
to him during his stint with the San Francisco Mime
Troup in 1970. “It had an outstanding circus training
program,” says
Binder, now the Director of the world-renowned Big
Apple Circus. . . . READ
MORE
Have You Thought of Becoming a Pharmacist?
Over one-third of pharmacists would select another field if
they had their careers to do over, according to a new survey
by Allied Consulting, a Dallas-based health care staffing
firm. . . . READ
MORE
March 2003
Thomas Rockwell, Writer: Where Fried Worms
Come From
by Jacob
M. Appel
Celebrated children’s book au-thor Thomas “Tom” Rockwell
confesses that he grew up in a small New England town not
so different from the rustic communities depicted in the
Saturday Evening Post illustrations of his father, Norman
Rock-well. Arlington, Vermont, was a lot like the Berkshire
communities near where Norman Rockwell later settled, hamlets
like Lenox and Lee, only much smaller. READ
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January 2003
Physician Assistant Wendy Simons
by Tom Kertes
“I know I can’t change the world,” Wendy Simons
says. “But how does that Talmudic statement go? ‘If
you touch one life you can make a difference in the world.’ You
really can’t ask much more in life.”
READ
MORE
November 2002
Round
the Lake with Andres Garcia-Peña, Gondolier
by Tom Kertes
When you think of riding in a gondola, you think of one of
the myriad canals dissecting the ancient Italian city of
Venice... READ
MORE
October 2002
Lauren Glazer: Restaurant Manager
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
It’s 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, gloriously sunny, a
welcome respite from the intense muggy heat of the last
few days, and anyone with a love of food, New York, and
the outdoors would be... READ
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September 2002
One
of New York City’s
Finest
by Tom Kertes
Albert Robles, Jr.’s choice of a police career was,
quite literally, due to a heady rush of inspiration... READ
MORE
August 2002
Directions in Dental Medicine:
Women Making Inroads
by Joan Baum
She recalls clearly what happened 30 years ago when she
went to take the national dental boards for New York State. READ
MORE
July 2002
Physical Fitness With a Pro
Michael R. Silverstein is not just a trainer. His knowledge
of the human body, nutrition, physical education and athletic
training... READ
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“Sopranos” Writer
Tells His Story
by Sybil Maimin
How’s this for a dream job? Become a writer for the hit
TV show The Sopranos, the highly-acclaimed situation comedy
series that takes... READ
MORE
June 2002
Do You Want To Own a Bookstore?
by Tom Kertes
"[To operate a bookstore] you must love reading books...and
you must enjoy talking about books to other people," says
Harris Healy III... READ
MORE
May 2002
So You Want To Be A Sommelier
by Sybil Maimin
Do you love wine, people, and the finer things in life?
If so, the career of wine sommelier may be just right for
you. READ
MORE
April 2002
Legal Aid Staff Attorney
by Bruce Myint
For many poor immigrants in New York City, the American
Dream is not about striking it rich but simply getting
a fair shake. READ
MORE
March 2002
Occupational Therapy
by Sybil Maimin
“I have so much fun and satisfaction on my job that sometimes,
at the end of the day, I can’t believe I’m
being paid to do it.” READ
MORE
February 2002
Sushi
Chef Tadeo Mikami: The Apogee of Art & Food
by Laura Pretto
As a child, Tadeo Mikami wanted to be a policeman, but
when he was 16 he was drafted into his family’s
restaurant where he... READ
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January 2002
Kuki Gallmann: Living the African Dream
by Tom Kertes
Not too many people live a life that is fascinating enough
to have an Academy-Award winning film based on it. READ
MORE
December 2001
A Woman Pilot
by Sarah Elzas
Devon Dunning is a pilot for Continental Express, a regional
subsidiary of Continental Airlines. She flies small, 46-passenger... READ
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November 2001
“If I Had A Hammer, I’d Hammer in the Mornin’,
I’d Hammer in the Evenin, All Over This Land”
by Joan Baum
And he does. For close to 20 years now J. Mitchell Yates
has been smithing, a passion he’s pursued not as
income-trade... READ
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September 2001
Suprising Turns Pave Way to Rewarding Career
by Rachel Mittelman
Gail Anderson is not the sort of person who had her entire
future planned out by the time she was 10. READ
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Navigating the World: Children Who Are Blind
by M.C. Cohen
The young boy who is blind was maneuvering his way around the
carefully constructed Guild School hallway using a... READ
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August 2001
Flying High as a Pilot
by Sarah Elzas
Although she describes her interest in aviation as “just
like the love fisherman have for boats,” Arlene Feldman’s
path to... READ
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July 2001
A Revolutionary Chess Champ
by Tom Kertes
Susan Polgar, an attractive, stylish young woman, defies
the stereotype of the chess grandmaster as a bearded, revolutionary
old man.
READ
MORE
June
2001
Ohashiatsu in New York
by Botumroath Lebun
“I love giving Ohashiatsu,” says Kumiko Kanayama.
Ohashiatsu means ‘touch to heal.’ Kanayama, 37, dressed
in a white... READ
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