by Sharmain Tariq Siddiqui | Aug 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone – I’m approximately halfway through the research I’ve been conducting this summer; here are updates from the beginning of my time in the Grabowecky Lab! I started lab early June; because this was my first time doing research in the...
by Shara Feit | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
(or: The Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, at YIVO in NYC). 1. Learning a new language demands coffee and persistence in equal measure. 2. Yiddish Beatboxing Is The Future. 3. Twenty questions = more fun in Yiddish. 4. The Verb...
by Brock Stuessi | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
As expected, research this summer has been a near constant encounter with the unexpected. I apologize for not blogging sooner or more often. I would attribute this lack of blogging to the large and seemingly not ending collection of records I’m working with. Most days...
by msz309 | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Finally, here’s a post that directly responds to a fundamental research question of mine: how do local farms contribute to a city’s food security? (In my last two blog posts, I’ve answered a similar question: why are local food organizations and...
by amn331 | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
My interview and survey project is in full swing! This week, I interviewed 8 women who were currently undergoing or had recently undergone chemotherapy in order to learn what they would want in a technology-supported physical activity intervention. These women were...
by msz309 | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a continuation of my little how-the-heck-is-what-I’m-studying-related-to-food-security series, through this through this blog post, I seek to answer the following question: How can non-production focused farms (i.e. agritourism-focused or educational farms)...
