New York University Publishes Report on Diversity in Irish America – and Announces Major International Online Conference in November
New York University is marking the start of Black History Month Ireland with the publication of a new report on the Black, Brown and Green Voices Project – and the announcement of an online conference, “Where Do We Go from Here? … [Read more...] about Black, Brown, and Green Voices:
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Remembering Dr. Barbara Murphy, “a great researcher and a great mentor to many people.”
One of the country’s top transplant researchers Dr. Barbara Murphy, the Dublin-born chair of medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, passed away on June 30th. She was 56. The cause was glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, her husband, Peter Fogarty, said. In addition to her husband, she is survived by their son, Gavin; her sister, Dr. Celine Murphy, a … [Read more...] about Remembering Dr. Barbara Murphy, “a great researcher and a great mentor to many people.”
Happy 20th Anniversary,
Ellis Island Immigrant Database!
What a difference two decades make
By Megan Smolenyak
In April of 2001, a miracle occurred. Well, it certainly seemed that way at the time. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (SOLEIF) opened the American Family Immigration History Center (AFIHC), launching an online database — digitized and indexed — of the passenger records of millions of immigrants who … [Read more...] about Happy 20th Anniversary,
Ellis Island Immigrant Database!
Silent Night
By Pat Fenton A Christmas Eve memory comes back to me, almost hauntingly in this crazy long night of the Pandemic, the Corona Virus we’re all living through. And it makes me think again of the importance of memory and how it brings us back so faithfully to the way we were. I’m 20 years old, a young soldier from 17th Street in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. And I’m down … [Read more...] about Silent Night