• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Cooper Squared

Multimedia and multidimensional storytelling from NYU undergraduate students

  • Home
  • About
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • Politics
    • Election 2020
  • Race and Social Justice
  • Sports
  • The Word

COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Psychologist Says COVID-19 Has Impacted Social Norms — and We Won’t Go Back to “Normal”

February 2, 2021 by Natalie Rule

Dr. Mica Estrada answers questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting society on a psychological level. She focuses on how social behaviors are changing while describing how norms relating to relationships before the pandemic contrast with how people are currently behaving in the midst of it. Estrada highlights the effect of social changes on […]

Filed Under: Audio, COVID-19 Pandemic

Covid-19 Pandemic Decimates The Child Care Industry

January 28, 2021 by Grace Symes

Children drawing

Early last summer, the directors of The Katmint Learning Initiative had a series of heart-wrenching conversations with their staff. Given their dire financial situation, brought on by the pandemic, six of the Brooklyn center’s ten teachers would have to be laid off. They had already tried everything to keep their teachers employed. They applied for […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, The Word

The Community Fridges Movement in New York City

January 22, 2021 by Camila Hernandez

community fridge nyc mutual aid

Community Fridges have been installed in the sidewalks of some neighborhoods around New York City as a revolutionary idea to address issues like food insecurity. There’s a simple rule: Take what you need, leave what you can.

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Multimedia, Race and Social Justice, Video

Independent Film Remains Resilient Despite Pandemic’s Challenges

January 14, 2021 by Aadil Cheema

Picture of Eric Kohn -- a white man with rectangular-framed glasses -- above IndieWire's logo

COVID has impacted the film industry with delays, cancellations, and shutdowns in 2020. Still, the fall festival season went forward — with Venice Film Festival in-person, Toronto virtual and New York (NYFF) a mixture of drive-in and virtual. That means Eric Kohn, the executive editor and chief critic at IndieWire, is as busy as ever […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic Tagged With: film, film festivals

The Best Efforts to Adapt Still Leave Festivals and Filmmakers in Limbo

January 4, 2021 by Aadil Cheema

A movie poster for "Bleed With Me" -- a woman's face superimposed over a forest -- above the logo for Nightstream Festival

Amelia Moses was excited to have her first movie, “Bleed With Me,” premiere at Fantasia Film Festival, a Montreal-based genre festival, in July. Moses and the crew, who live in Montreal, were going to reunite with the Toronto-based cast for a special celebration of their work. It took two years for the 27-year-old and her […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, The Word Tagged With: film, film festivals, horror

History of Filipinx Nursing Migration in the United States

December 23, 2020 by Margaret Guzman

In response to the disproportionate effects of the coronavirus on Filipinx and Filipinx-American nurses across America, Margaret Guzman traces the history of Filipinx nursing migration in the context of two health crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS epidemic.  

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Multimedia, Race and Social Justice, Video

Pandemic and General 2020 Chaos Caused Increasing Participation in Wilderness Survival Courses

December 15, 2020 by Andrew Califf

JACKSON, OHIO-The sheer multitude of roaring fires and rolling smoke adding to the haze of the chilly morning drizzle conjures up thoughts of a viking ceremony, but this was merely an early morning deliverable for the Pathfinder School’s basic survival course: get a self sustaining fire going within five minutes.  The Ohio based school usually […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic

Puerto Rico struggles with tourism in the midst of a pandemic

December 12, 2020 by Shivani Chauhan

Imagine a room with 100 Covid-free people. Now imagine one idiot with Covid going into that room, infecting everyone else. In this  case, the room is Puerto Rico, and the idiot–Americans.   Puerto Rico has been forced to balance the spread of the coronavirus amongst their densely populated island, while also trying to maintain their economy […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, The Word

COVID-19 Worsens Digital Inequities along the Southern Border

November 24, 2020 by Salma Darinka Lozano

Laredo, Tx- After dormitories closed across the country, a returning college student was forced to complete an online semester using his cellular hotspot, but tightening COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of access to a stable internet connection made life difficult.  Gilberto de Leon, 20,  returned home in February to find his parents had ended their […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Politics, The Word

Gophers go away with men’s tennis, gymnastics, and track and field teams

November 19, 2020 by Mikaela Gegelys

University Sports Alcohol

Almost every student across the United States has encountered changes with the 2020 school year; however, many University of Minnesota athletes have had their worlds turned upside down following the elimination of three athletic programs. On Thursday, Sept. 10, the University of Minnesota formally announced they will be discontinuing their men’s gymnastics, tennis and track […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Sports, The Word

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Categories

  • Audio
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Election 2020
  • Multimedia
  • Photo
  • Politics
  • Race and Social Justice
  • Sports
  • The Word
  • Uncategorized
  • Video

Recent Posts

Female Skateboarders are Taking Over

February 9, 2021 By Izzy McMahon

RIP FNYU – COVID causes cancellation of “Forbidden NYU” musical parody

February 9, 2021 By Izzy McMahon

Protests Escalate in Brooklyn Over Pipeline Construction

February 9, 2021 By Izzy McMahon

Hispanic Oil Field Workers Fear for Their Jobs as Clean Energy Policies Gain Support

February 2, 2021 By Salma Darinka Lozano

A project of the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute