Relief fund launched for NYC parks after dire status report
May 14, 2020 - Only two days after an alliance of New York City park– and open-space-oriented nonprofits released a report sounding the alarm over the coronavirus-related budget cuts and private donation dips, the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund has launched to help fill in the gaps.
Unexpected Mental Processes Revealed in How the Brain Links Events to Form a Memory
May 8, 2020 - Columbia-led findings in mice bolster efforts to map circuitry of brain’s memory center; point to new areas of research into panic and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Spring 2020 Leon Levy Preserve Hike for MPES Kindergarteners
April 29, 2020 - For the last three years naturalist Jim Nordgren has led kindergartners on three-season hikes at Leon Levy Preserve. View a virtual hike sponsored by the Meadow Pond Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization to support the Kindergarten students with their distance learning.
New York Public Radio Archives Receives $2.5 Million Grant From the Leon Levy Foundation for the Preservation of WNYC and WQXR Archival Collections.
February 24, 2020 – Grant Will Jumpstart the Digitization of Nearly 100 Years of Programming and Facilitate Public Access to...
The american museum of natural history celebrates its 150 years & launches major archival initiative
January 6, 2020 – Roy Chapman Andrews’ 1925 Mongolian passport. A wax cylinder recording device from the late 19th century....
WSJ: ‘A Wonder To Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate’ Review – Opening the History of a Magnificent Portal
January 6, 2020 – We all used to visit museum shows about antiquity to feast our eyes on gorgeous objects and...