In the Heights: A Representation of New York
In the Heights is a Broadway musical based on the residents of Washington Heights. Learn how the musical represents New York through its art form, creation, and themes.
Bollywood
Bollywood is a truly fascinating industry, learn more about it through this video.
Investigating Electrolyte alternatives for Zinc-Ion Batteries
Lithium-Ion batteries are not environmentally friendly and have resulted in toxic chemicals and fires. So what are some safer – but yet efficient – alternatives for these battery solutions? This study aims to discover such potential alternatives.
Vikings
I am Scandinavian so I thought it would be fun to share a bit about Vikings as people tend to find them very interesting. The art they created is also just outstanding!
The History of the Timbrel
The History of the Timbrel is ancient and has a very interesting past that relates to the music of today.
When Art and Technology Meet
Anadol used over 300 million publicly available photos of nature as the dataset for the sculpture. This continues the theme of Machine Hallucinations, by seeing familiar concepts reimagined by machines.
The Effect of White Nose Syndrome on New York’s Bat Population
The 2022 Macaulay Honors College Bioblitz, allowed us the opportunity to participate in citizen science. While exploring Randalls island the Bat research scientists inspired great interest in the role bats play in New York’s ecosystem and how the threat of White Nose syndrome is affecting them. “White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a disease that affects hibernating bats and is caused by a fungus known as “PD”. It attacks the bare skin of bats while they’re hibernating in a relatively inactive state. As it grows, Pd causes changes in bats that make them become more active than usual and burn up fat they need to survive the winter. Since its discovery in 2007 WNS has been causing significant decline in the bat population. Our research looks at how New York has been affected by such and the quantitative effects of the disease.
Campus as a Lab: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The lab curriculum would help students learn essential skills like data collection and analysis, as well as add to the main topics in the course about environmental justice and activism. With the data that the students collected, they can speak to administrators and implement new policies to reduce waste on campus.
Campus as a Lab: Brooklyn College – School of Education
We attempt to apply the Campus as a Lab principle to the Brooklyn College School of Education.
Campus as a Lab: School of Business
We propose the class include a final project that investigates the energy usage of each building on Brooklyn College’s campus and creates a plan to implement what they’ve learned about urban planning and green buildings to create more green buildings on our campus.
