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If you watch the television fashion reality show "Project Runway ;" if the phrase "Make it work!" sends you racing for a pair of pinking shears; if you secretly still read comic books rather than full-length novels; or if you know " Iron Man " named a superhero before it described a triathlon , this is probably right up your alley.

The event, free to attendees, will feature New York-based leaders of the open source movement, including: Kaltura; Diversion Media, and AdMob.

More than 315 craft enthusiasts including makers, educators, gallerists, curators, architects, designers, museum professionals, retailers, writers and students gathered in Minneapolis Oct.

The Empire State Stem Cell Board, chaired by state Health Commissioner Richard Daines, has awarded funds A to faculty members statewide to develop new curricula for college students seeking to learn about stem cell science.

Kyle Thurman and Matt Moravec at 23 and 25, respectively, are the youngest in this group.

Sept. 11 skeptics challenged former governor and U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey after his Friday night speech at Environmental Systems Research Institute.

More than 100 people gathered at Reichhold Center on Thursday afternoon for the Women's Rights Prize and Symposium in recognition of the winners of the 2009 Gruber Foundation Women's Rights Prize, advocacy group the Women's Legal Centre of South Africa and activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia.

School President Karen Lawrence teaches a seminar called "Who's Afraid of James Joyce?" Bronxville, N.Y. Total cost : $55,788 Total cost : $54,066 Increase: 3.2% Compiled by Julianne Pepitone, staff reporter NEXT: 2. Georgetown University Correction: An earlier version of this story included Parsons The New School for Design, because of incorrect ...

Tim talks about the hot Shanghai design scene, design education in China, high complexity design, and sustainability and lots of other important issues.

Over 400 activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to push action on climate change.

A Michigan water-rights activist will speak at five events just one week before a major vote on a proposed ordinance that would regulate how companies like Poland Spring could use water in town.

Vibraphonist Christos Rafalides and Pianist Sergio Salvatore Announce New Album Duo "Dark Sand" And Upcoming Concert at Carnegie Hall, Vibraphonist Christos Rafalides and Pianist Sergio Salvatore Announce New Album Duo "Dark Sand" And Upcoming Concert at Carnegie Hall, October 30 at 8PM Special Appearance and Performance This Morning on NBC s Today ...

The fashion district was buzzing yesterday at a rally to save the garment center.

Economist Jeff Madrick, director of policy research at The New School's Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, is among several key speakers at next week's Building the New Economy conference here in Washington, D.C. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard also are among keynote speakers.

On Thursday, October 29, the Museum of American Finance will continue its 2009 Henry Kaufman Financial History and Practices Lecture/Symposia Series with "Did Economists Get It Wrong?" - an expert panel on the different explanations of the current crisis on the 80th anniversary of the Crash of 1929.

At 12:00 tomorrow supporters of the threatened Garment Center will be gathering at the needle and thread monument on 39th St.

The Deer Head Inn will feature the Go Trio from 7 to 11 p.m. today. The Go Trio are Sean Gough on piano, Gene Perla on bass and Josh Brown on drums.

Rush Limbaugh was thrown for a loss by the NFL players union when NFL Players executive director DeMaurice Smith "made a move to solidify the union against a bid by conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh as part of a group that aims to purchase the St.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials recently announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

The Internet As Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor , will be held at Eugene Lang College of The New School in New York City on November 12-14. An overview Introduction sets out the seminal questions arising "in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media." I find it genuinely amazing ...