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The FDA has approved Casgevy (exa-cel) for treatment of people ages 12 and older with sickle cell disease. Casgevy is the first therapy approved for use in the United States that uses CRISPR gene>>>
’Tis the season of all of our favorite things — food, fun, and festivities!✨Last week, we headed over to @columbia’s Manhattanville campus and sat down with @charlespanfriedchicken’s own Chef Quie>>>
🎄 Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more. 🎶 This past Thursday afternoon, the Tower League hosted its annual Christmas Luncheon. While enjoying food, fellowship, and>>>
In Loving Memory of Abby Dittmann Wise Abby Dittmann Wise, a cherished member of our community at Union Theological Seminary, passed away peacefully on November 14 at the age of 94. A resident of New>>>
SPRING 2024 LEARNING SERIES Mondays, January 22–May 20, 2024 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET Please note there will be no sessions on February 19, April 22, or April 29. Join JTS’s renowned faculty to learn>>>
Eva Scholz-Carlson ’24 credits her avid curiosity for the plethora of interests she has on and off Barnard’s campus. When she’s not in the lab researching circadian rhythms in fruit>>>
From Convocation to move-in and family goodbyes, the start of the fall semester was deftly ushered in by our New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) leaders, who, quite literally, jumped for joy to>>>
Hey Neighbors, meet John and Ruso – the married entrepreneurial duo behind MoonLab 42, a Harlem-based concept store.📍 @moonlab42 emerged on the scene as an ode to John and Ruso’s Georgian>>>
You may have been hearing a lot lately about “forever chemicals,” or PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), so called for their ability to stay in the body and environment for years and resist>>>
Certain facial features—like downturned lips and a heavy brow—are known to make someone appear untrustworthy to others, even though these do not indicate a person’s actual character. Such facial>>>
Please consider making a donation to the Clothing Closet. Or, if you can, please consider making a monetary donation to CCC at stjohndivine.org/donate As always, our CCC team is abundantly grateful>>>
Throughout the year, researchers across Columbia—from the Morningside and Manhattanville campuses in northern Manhattan, to the medical center in even-more-northern Manhattan, on up to the Lamont>>>
Last week Rabbi Naomi Kalish, director of the JTS Center for Pastoral Education, traveled to Israel with the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center. During her trip she met with pastoral care>>>
You may have heard the third Sunday in Advent referred to as “Gaudete Sunday”. That comes from the Latin words that traditionally began this week’s worship in the Catholic tradition– “rejoice>>>
Music Monday is a free and open-to-the-public monthly concert series hosted by The Forum.📍 Performances take place in The Forum’s ground-floor Atrium on Monday evenings, once a month. This December’s>>>
Yesterday JTS faculty and administration, along with members of the Rabbinical Assembly, met with Pak Yahya Cholil Staquf, leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, an Indonesian Muslim organization of 90 million>>>
Please enjoy a spirited musical ride through a wonderland of snow as more than 175 MSM students deliver an inspired, multi-ensemble interpretation of a holiday classic. Many thanks to all who took>>>
Please join us for a community gathering at the Cathedral. Beginning on the Cathedral steps for caroling and ending in Cathedral House to recognize the challenges of the season. We’ll share stories>>>
On ViewGagosianThe Painter In His BedNovember 9–December 22, 2023New York New York loves Georg Baselitz. This year alone he’s had two major shows here: the first at the Morgan Library, a>>>
Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flutist, and composer is one of three jazz artists (along with Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis) to have won a Pulitzer>>>
Part of Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS Israeli author Agur Schiff discusses his novel Professor Schiff’s Guilt. In this gripping story, an Israeli professor travels>>>
Calling all employees of Columbia, Barnard and Teachers College – ‘Tis the season of giving!✨ 🎁 Fill the hearts of the families in our neighborhood with joy this holiday season by donating a>>>
