The ASRC focuses on CUNY initiatives in five dynamic fields of applied science: Nanoscience, Photonics, Structural Biology, Neuroscience, and Environmental Sciences. Through its innovative architectural design, the center reflects a uniquely collaborative culture, where scientists work across disciplines to take on some of global science’s most vital and tantalizing challenges.
In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, have disappointed school diversity advocates by failing to make integration a priority. The set-asides plan, approved by Ms. Fariña in November, was the first attempt at addressing the issue across multiple schools.
Reconózcase que el consumo, abuso y adicción a sustancias psicoactivas, licitas y ilícitas, es un asunto de salud pública y bienestar de la familia, la comunidad y los individuos. Por lo tanto el abuso y la adicción deberán ser tratados como una enfermedad que requiere atención por parte del estado, conforme a la normatividad vigente y las políticas públicas nacionales en salud mental y para la reducción de consumo de sustancias psi activas y su impacto, adoptadas por el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social. (Ley 1566 de 2012).
The school system tapped borrowed money to make a $634 million, state-mandated fiscal 2015 payment to the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund by a June 30 deadline. It also announced $200 million in spending cuts last month that include the elimination of 1,400 jobs.
Talks with the retirement fund over giving the district a $500 million break on its fiscal 2016 pension payment ended without a deal.
Designers at Valencia-based start up Closca design have made a meaningful first impression with the debut of Closca Fuga, an urban bicycle helmet that resolves the unfortunate clash between self-protection and self-expression. “Tour de France refugee.”
JEFFREY VEEN
