Did US Policy Wipe Out Puerto Rico’s Small Farms? This Book Says No
A new book challenges the notion that small farms in Puerto Rico disappeared after the U.S. takeover in 1898. Read more ›
Who Says Physics Can’t Be Fun?
A new book from Prof. Charles Liu endeavors to make physics fun — while updating an old science book! Read more ›
Pandemic Social Distancing Can Help Explain This Geometric Challenge
CUNY mathematicians have solved a classic geometry question involving dodecahedrons and what's known as the "anti-social jogger" problem. Read more ›
They’re Hanging Out, Sharing Food, Having Sex: They’re Dolphins
Dolphins off the coast of Mexico were seen sharing food, a rarely observed behavior. Oh and there was some hanky-panky going on, too. Read more ›
Why Asian Americans Have Trouble Climbing the Corporate Ladder
A new book asks why Asian Americans have trouble climbing to the top of the corporate ladder, a phenomenon also known as the 'bamboo ceiling.' Read more ›
How Fox TV Got Its Name: From an Immigrant in the Movie Biz
A new book charts the history of Twentieth Century Fox, from the movie studio founded by an immigrant, to Rupert Murdoch's Fox TV. Read more ›
Works By Novelists Flannery O’Connor & Gertrude Stein Are Now Operas
A Bronx Community College professor has composed operas based on novels by two American women, Gertrude Stein and Flannery O'Connor Read more ›
The ‘Great Demographic Illusion’ of the White Minority
Perhaps you’ve heard it said that whites will be a minority in America by the middle of the 21st century. A new book explores this "demographic illusion. Read more ›
Even Storefront Signs are Being Gentrified
Over the decades, store signage has changed drastically — and it has more to do with social class and gentrification than style. Read more ›