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India is caught up in its worst phase of the pandemic yet. The second-most populous nation has seen a sharp spike in infections and deaths over the past month. Here in the U.S., college students are banding together in hopes of raising money for much-needed supplies, like oxygen tanks and hospital beds.
“You keep hearing every single day, not just one death, but two, three. . Everyone knows someone who has passed away, or someone in their family has passed away. And that s terrifying,” Sudhanshu Kaushik said.
Sudhanshu Kaushik is the executive director of the North American Association of Indian Students. He helped create a coalition focused on providing assistance to friends and family in his home country.
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The role of an architect has not always been what it is today. Historically, and almost since its inception, it was viewed as a “one-man show”, where the architect was the artist, the sculptor, and the visionary of a structure. As the practice has continued to evolve, it has become a much more collaborative, and much less individualistic profession in nature, continuously understanding the importance of considering outside perspectives- even those not traditionally trained in design.
Only a few centuries ago, architecture was hardly thought of as a profession. It was taught in the form of an apprenticeship, and something that could only be learned by shadowing other architects who were willing to mentor you- similar to a Medieval blacksmith. As the value in design aesthetics increased over time, wealthy upper-class members were trained to become designers without any real standards or formal guidelines. Fast forward to the 20th century, where the emergence of the “starch
Restaurants and Broadway Are Coming Back. What About Our Schools?
As the city reopens, parents, teachers and students remain stuck in a hybrid-learning holding pattern.
Public schools have opened in New York. Sort of. Credit.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
Published May 7, 2021Updated May 10, 2021
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On the morning of May 1, about a hundred parents deeply aggrieved at how the academic year has panned out and concerned about the next, gathered in a playground in East Harlem to demand that the city’s public schools reopen fully and without delay. The agenda might have confounded anyone who has not paid close attention to all the preceding chaos.
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On April 30, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that indoor capacity for restaurants and hair and nail salons in New York City would be allowed to increase to 75% on May 7 and that gyms and fitness centers could increase capacity to 50% starting on May 15.
Cuomo’s announcement came just one day after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio notified the public that the city would be fully reopened by July 1. “This is going to be the summer of New York City,” the mayor said during a press conference. “We’re all going to get to enjoy the city again, and people are going to flock here from all over the country to be a part of this amazing moment.”
Mysterious News Briefly May 6, 2021
SpaceX finally launched and successfully landed the latest full-scale prototype of its Mars-bound Starship rocket the first time it didn’t explode in the air or on the ground. Elon Musk finally has something to talk about in his Saturday Night Live monologue.
A new study found that humanity could go on after a massive, apocalyptic wipeout of the world population if only a few hundred survived. Stephen King likes the idea but that’s still too many characters for one book.
Using 200-year-old fecal samples, Dartmouth University researchers found that even the wealthiest and most educated people in New England in the early 1800s had tapeworms and other parasites and suffered from severe digestive diseases. An aging Paul Revere might have been heard in those days riding through town and crying, “The antacids are coming! The antacids are coming!”