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How One Vulnerable Family Handles COVID-19

April 12, 2020 by Casey Dawson

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Jordan Wolleben, 23, is immunocompromised and extremely vulnerable to COVID-19. Rachel Wolleben, 20, attends school at UT Austin but is unable to go home due to her brother’s vulnerable condition. Music: The Eyes of Texas / Texas Fight Piano Cover: Kentropy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ-Vw…) Kentropy Channel: https://www.youtube.com/kentropy Kentropy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kentropy

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Samantha LaMendola’s 21st Birthday Amid a Global Pandemic

April 11, 2020 by Dennis Aronov

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Samantha LaMendola, the now 21-year old Connecticut resident, planned a trip for her 21st birthday to Europe in March 2020. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic reaching Europe, she was forced to cancel. Instead, she decided to go on a road trip to New Orleans to celebrate her birthday. However, once Samantha arrived in New Orleans, […]

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The Pandemic of Anti-Lockdown Protests

March 28, 2020 by Cecilia Hua

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Produced and shot in March 2020. People throughout North America are sick of staying in their homes and are demanding their government officials to open the economy back up and let people be free. Some are worried about not getting enough money to provide for their families, while others are more concerned about their freedom […]

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The Complicated World of AI Art

February 24, 2020 by Melvis Acosta

In October 2018, “Portrait of Edmond de Belamy” sold for over 430,000. The piece was created using artificial intelligence and its high auction price sparked interest and debate in the art world. Creative technologist and NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program student, Guillermo Montecinos, discusses using AI in his own art. Artist and programmer Gene Kogan discusses […]

Filed Under: Multimedia, Video Tagged With: AI, art, artificial intelligence, itp, NYU

NYU Student Creates Anti-Harassment Movement

December 17, 2019 by Jing Feng

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When Sophie Sandberg started @catcallsofnyc as an NYU freshman, she never thought that it’d become one of the most influential anti-harassment accounts, and that it’d initiate a global movement.

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Julia Knox, the East Village Hatter Extraordinaire

December 8, 2019 by Jennifer Sanchez

Julia Knox owns East Village Hats, a shop that does all things hat-related.

When she was only six years old, Julia Knox started her own Barbie fashion company. Today, she’s still working in fashion and runs East Village Hats, a tiny store in NYC that does everything hat-related.    

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Odd Jobs: Professional Cuddler

December 8, 2019 by Alejandra Arevalo

In one of her sessions, professional cuddler Ella Amorim discusses how cuddling became her full-time job.  

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Queer World View – Experiences of People From Countries Where Homosexuality Is Prohibited

November 19, 2019 by Sarah Patt

Same-sex acts between two consenting adults are illegal in 70 UN member states. In other countries, laws prohibit discussion of LGBTQ+ rights or leave LGBTQ+ people unprotected from discrimination and violence. It is difficult to gauge just how many LGBTQ+ identifying people live in these areas (note: a 2016 Gallup poll found that 4.1% of […]

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Deepfakes: The Funny, Strange and Dangerous World of AI-Assisted Face Swap Videos

November 15, 2019 by Melvis Acosta

In the past few years, tens of thousands of videos featuring one person’s face on someone else’s body have appeared on the internet. These “deepfake” videos are made using software that uses artificial intelligence to learn how to place one face on another body. Instagram user, Myster Giraffe, who has made some of the most […]

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Homelessness in NYC Reaches Highest Level Since Great Depression

November 12, 2019 by Jana Cholakovska

New York City’s homeless population has been growing exponentially in the last five years. The city has reached its highest levels of homelessness since the Great Depression. Many government agencies and nonprofit organizations work tirelessly to provide adequate shelter, healthcare, and nourishment to those in need. The system is not perfect. Yet it’s only through […]

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