Daniel Dunaief

3 weeks ago | tbrnewsmedia.com | Daniel Dunaief

To borrow from the show Hamilton, Ellen Pikitch was in the room where it happens. The Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, Pikitch traveled to the United Nations on the east side of Manhattan last month to serve as a delegate for Monaco during the Preparatory Commission for the High Seas Treaty, which is also known as Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.

3 weeks ago | tbrnewsmedia.com | Daniel Dunaief

D. None of the Above: Our nephew is about to dive through the looking glass and into parenthood METRO photo Daniel DunaiefParenthood is filled with excrement, poop, and waste products. Call it what you will. It’s true. We start out with this adorable lump of human flesh. And, for many of us, an anxiety that grows at a rate that far outstrips the pace at which the little person grows. Wait? What! The baby was born at eight pounds. It’s now seven pounds? We must be screwing up. What are we doing wrong?

4 weeks ago | tbrnewsmedia.com | Daniel Dunaief

Daniel DunaiefSix degrees of separation could help us all. We are only six people away from anyone in the world. We probably don’t have to go that far to find people who live throughout the United States. That means we have friends, relatives, professional colleagues, former classmates and others who can make a difference.

1 month ago | tbrnewsmedia.com | Daniel Dunaief

Port Jefferson’s Vandermeulen High School creates new weightlifting, nutrition gym class Left to right: Athletic Director Adam Sherrard, ninth graders Sam Fabian and Leana Tisham and Coach Andrew Cosci. Photo courtesy Adam Sherrard Starting this fall, students at Port Jefferson’s Earl L. Vandermeulen High School will have a chance to take a gym class that focuses on weight lifting and nutrition, rather than on the traditional sports included in a physical education class.

1 month ago | tbrnewsmedia.com | Daniel Dunaief

D. None of the Above: Hey, graduates! Look for supply and demand imbalances in the real world Scene from Huntington High School's 2022 graduation. Photo from Huntington school district Graduates preparing to emerge into what passes for the real world these days need to keep in mind something they studied in introductory economics: supply and demand. You see, any imbalance creates opportunities and the world outside the academic cocoon has plenty of those. Let’s start with supply.