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‘Hustle Culture’ Brings Faster Burnout

June 24, 2021 by Ali Garvin

We are obsessed with the hustle. We glorify the grinders and the go-getters; those who work 70-hour weeks, pull all-nighters, have 4 a.m. wake-up times, and manage to run a side business all the while. There’s a troubling phenomenon in our schools and workplaces right now that worships unhealthy behaviors supposedly linked to success. It […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic Tagged With: college, COVID-19, culture, mental health, work

Covid Babies

May 24, 2021 by Yindi (Victor) Chen

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The birth of a child has always been extremely consuming for the parents, not to mention going into labor amid a global pandemic. What are the concerns parents had for their infants growing up under quarantine? This piece explores how the lockdown has physically and mentally influenced both parents and their babies.  

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Multimedia, Video Tagged With: COVID-19, health, New York City, women

COVID Has Upended the Creative Industry. Here’s How It’s Also Changing Our Perception of Art.

May 13, 2021 by Chandra Xu

What’s so special about pixels? These squares of color are miniscule — at 0.26 mm, they’re about the same thickness as standard cardstock — and put together into grids, they form digital images or displays on phones, computers, tablets, and the multitudes of other devices we use on a daily basis. We consume millions day […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic Tagged With: COVID-19, Perception of Art

NYC Street Artists Mix Art and Activism

May 12, 2021 by Anusha Rathi

The summer of 2020 changed Andrea Acevedo’s art. The murder of George Floyd stirred something deep within her – standing amongst a crowd of hundreds of protesters in New York City, defending Black lives, surrounded by people dedicated to equality and the liberation of all oppressed people, she asked herself, “How can I help?”  And […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Photo, Social Justice Tagged With: blm, COVID-19, Female Artists, NYC, Stop Asian Hate, Street Art

How the Planet is Affected By the Covid-19 Pandemic

March 28, 2021 by Ava Manson

It’s no secret that landfills and oceans have long been overrun with single-use plastic and manmade pollution. So with March 13 marking one year since Covid-19 shut down New York City, it’s worth considering just how much damage the pandemic has caused, not only to us but also to our planet. As it turns out, […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic Tagged With: COVID-19, environment, legislation, pollution

Post-Covid, Students Wrestle If Going Abroad or Staying Home is the Better Choice

March 13, 2021 by Ali Garvin

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A year ago, ninety, bleary-eyed New York University students living in Paris were told they had 48 hours to get on a flight home or risk being stuck in France as a deadly virus spread like wildfire. Fast asleep in their dorms, they were awakened at 3:00 a.m. with phone calls, furious knocks on dorm […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic Tagged With: COVID-19, globaleducation, studyabroad

The Pandemic Ravages Youth Basketball

December 9, 2020 by Jack Gordon

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In the basketball world, much of the attention in recent months has been on the NBA, which is gearing up for another season after successfully restarting the previous one in July. The league registered zero positive cases over the span of three months by placing all players and staff in a bubble in Orlando, FL. […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Sports Tagged With: COVID-19, sports

Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic

September 16, 2020 by Vanessa Handy

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When 26-year-old Teesha Robinson logged on to Zoom for her first day of remote teaching, on August 24, she was hesitant. As she prepared to welcome her fifth grade students to their virtual classroom, a sudden crash on the east coast Zoom network halted all operations. This left Robinson unnerved, scrambling to reassure parents and […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, The Word Tagged With: back to school, COVID-19, online teaching, teaching, zoom

Crowds at Washington Square Create Worry About the Potential Spread of COVID-19 at NYU

September 13, 2020 by Jada Okoye

crowds at washington square

After months of isolation and social distancing, most NYU students want a safe, secure school year— but multiple weekend parties at Washington Square Park raise some concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 on campus. “I was shocked that people could even think about throwing these huge parties in the middle of a pandemic,” CAS […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, The Word Tagged With: COVID-19, parties, Washington Square Park

The Coronavirus is Disproportionately Impacting Black People in New York

June 22, 2020 by Mili Mansaray

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New York City is a ghost town. The empire state is the country’s epicenter for covid-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 (one of many coronaviruses), with a total of 335,000 infections as of May 9, according to Intelligencer. The Big Apple alone is enduring 178,776 cases, according to The City. Now, sidewalks once littered with pedestrians are barren in the […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Social Justice Tagged With: COVID-19, health, race

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