Our Beginning in 1983

In the beginning.

Cast your mind back to 1987. The year of the Iran-Contra affair, the last Dusky Seaside Sparrow died making the species officially extinct, hurricane-force winds hit the South of England for the first time since 1703, and Margaret Thatcher was elected for a third term as prime minister. On the plus side, however, the Simpsons made their first appearance, Ronald Reagan challenged President Gorba...

In the beginning...

OK. I feel like a long distance runner—the English Department’s most senior, no wait a minute, longest-at-LaGuardia faculty member (there are a minute few older in years than I). I came to LaGuardia in the Winter Quarter of 1971. (We had a quarter system then and for about 20 years. Four quarters—ten weeks in each quarter. Each period 70 minutes long.) 2004-5 marks my thirty-third year at the C...

Thanks to Our Peer-Reviewers in 2016

Projects beginning in 1999

1. To determine if there is an association between peroxisome proliferator activated receptor g (PPARg), agouti-related transcript (ART), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and its receptors NPY, Y5R and Y6R, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2), melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) and obesity. 2. PCR of microsatellites regions within areas of suspected linkage will be used to identify candida...

In the beginning...

Dentists have a number of important practice management decisions to make at the beginning of their careers. These are often made without a lot of training in the business side of dental practice. They include knowledge of what to say to get offered the right job and what to ask to choose the best position. New dentists need to look inward first and be proactive next to land the best position p...