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| Lunch in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life for AMNH's 23rd Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon. |
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| This past Wednesday, the American Museum of Natural History held its 23rd Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon, Islands in a Changing World: Resilience and Recovery. Lynn Sherr moderated a panel discussion between Philip Kramer, Seth W. Pinsky, and Stuart Gaffin which focused on island ecosystems as they face increasing environmental threats. Ranging from oceanic islands to New York City and surrounding areas after Hurricane Sandy, the panelists explored the resilience and recovery of these environments in a world of change. |
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| Panel discussion in the LeFrak IMAX Theater |
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| Philip Kramer serves as director of The Nature Conservancy's Caribbean Program. Based in the Florida Keys office, Dr. Kramer is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic vision and management of the Conservancy's initiatives throughout the Caribbean. Seth W. Pinsky is president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2008). In December 2012, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg appointed Seth to lead the City's Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR). Stuart Gaffin is a research scientist at the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University. His areas of research include projections of New York City regional climate impacts, including temperature, precipitation, extreme events, and sea level rise; the urban heat island effect and the role of urban vegetation and high albedo surfaces as mitigation strategies; and greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and their relation to air pollution and regional population changes. |
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| Chair Claire Bernard addressing the lunch |
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| Claire Bernard, Suzanne H. Cochran, Katheryn P. Kempner, Catherine B. Sidamon-Eristoff, and Constance Spahn served as chairmen. Guests included Zani Gugelmann, Erika Albies, Lesley Schulhoff, Patrick McGregor, Alison Draper, Chira de Rege, Amanda Wurtz, Carron Sherry, Erica Dewan, Dani Stahl, Allison Kahn, Cornelia Ercklentz, Christina Flloyd, Alexandra Wilson, Julie Wald, Nathalie Kaplan, Jane Hartley, Emily Senay, Fernanda Kellogg, Peggy Siegal, and Arden Wohl. All proceeds from the Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon support the Museum's scientific research and educational initiatives, including important work in biodiversity conservation. |
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| Chair Catherine Sidamon Eristoff, Museum President Ellen V. Futter, chairs Connie Spahn, Suzanne Cochran, Claire Bernard, and Kitty Kempner |
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| Panelists Stuart Gaffin, Seth Pinsky, and Philip Kramer, with moderator Lynn Sherr |
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| Jackie Garrett and friends |
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| Museum Provost Michael Shara and Abby Milstein |
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| Susan Rudin and friends |
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| Nandita Glazer, Elizabeth Eginton, and Museum Trustee Allison Mignone |
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| Peter Lyden with chairs Connie Spahn and Kitty Kempner |
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| Connie and Stephen Spahn |
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| Karen Klopp and Ottavio Serena di Lapigo |
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| Fernanda Kellogg and friend |
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| Chair Catherine Sidamon Eristoff and Holly Rochell |
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| On Wednesday April 24th, the Borough's best and brightest turned out in full force for the Brooklyn Museum's third annual Brooklyn Artists Ball fundraising gala. The event honored museum trustee Barbara Knowles Debs, artist Vik Muniz, artist Wangechi Mutu, and artist Roxy Paine. Dinner attendees including Museum Director Arnold Lehman and committee members Carla Shen and Chris Schott, Dana Ben-Ari and Nikola Duravcevic, Tamara C. Belinfanti dined at 40-foot-long artist-created tables by Njideka Akunyili, Daniel Arsham, Jules de Balincourt, Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller of FAILE, Joey Frank, Jacob Hashimoto, Steven and William Ladd, Emily Noelle Lambert, Fernando Mastrangelo, Navin June Norling, José Parlá, Analia Segal, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Max Toth,and Lan Tuazon. During the after-party, revelers mingled and meandered amid Luis Gispert’s installation while DJs Andrew Andrew and Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor spun. |
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| Jack Youngerman, Milo Youngerman, and Jack Lenor Larsen |
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| Steve Felsher, Matko Tomicic, Sue Felsher, and Dianne B |
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| Mae Mougin, Jack Lenor Larsen, and Susie Burnside |
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| Doug Petrie, Peter Olsen, Dianne B, and Bruce T Sloane |
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| Richard Kalina, Jack Youngerman, and Valerie Jaudon |
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| Doris McCarthy and Daria Deshuk |
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| On April 9, 2013, the Police Athletic League hosted its 15th Annual Legal Profession Luncheon at The Pierre. At the event, which drew 455 guests and raised $603,050, the Honorable Raymond W. Kelly, Police Commissioner, City of New York, received The Robert M. Morgenthau Award. The luncheon was chaired by Keith T. Banks, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management and John A. Catsimatidis, Red Apple Group. Special guests included Hon. Robert M. Morgenthau, Robert J. McGuire, John B. Osborn, Hon. David N. Dinkins, Howard J. Rubenstein, Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Michael Cardozo, NYC Corporation Counsel and Louis Freeh, Former Fed. Judge and Director of the FBI. |
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| A 43-year veteran of the NYPD, Commissioner Kelly has served in 25 different commands, including twice as Police Commissioner of the City of New York – under Mayor David Dinkins and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Under his leadership, the NYPD became the first municipal police department in the country to develop its own counterterrorism bureau and global intelligence program. He established a Real Time Crime Center that uses data mining to search millions of computer records. Despite dedicating extensive resources to preventing another terrorist attack, the NYPD has driven crime down by 32%. New York City's Police Athletic League is the first and finest civilian-run PAL in the country. Founded in 1914, PAL has served the city's young people for 99 years. PAL provides recreational, educational, cultural and social activities to 40,000 boys and girls annually. It is also the city's largest, independent, nonprofit youth organization. For more information, please visit www.palnyc.org. |
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Photographs by Eric Weiss (Brooklyn Museum); D. Finnin (AMNH); bfanyc.com (MSKCC) |