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The New York Times - King Dagobert’s bronze throne. Charlemagne’s ivory chess pieces. Mozart’s handwritten score of “Don Giovanni.” A 16th-century globe — the first to use the word “America."  In a library? Yes, but not just any library. These works belong to the National Library of France. After 12 years and 261 million euros...

The New York Academy of Sciences and the Leon Levy Foundation announced today that the Academy will be accepting applications from October 5 through December 9, 2022 for the Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience program. The program will support exceptional young researchers across the five boroughs of New York City as they pursue innovative...

Flushing’s Bowne House Historical Society is set to receive a major grant from the New York Preservation Archive Project to digitize its important and extensive collection of documents, letters, maps, deeds, photographs and daguerreotypes, books, objects, and ephemera spanning three centuries - a collection that helps to tell the story of the...

In present-day Romania, archaeologists have discovered twenty-one stylized female figurines and thirteen model chairs—none more than 3 1⁄2 inches in height—inside a vessel at a site where a sanctuary likely stood almost seven thousand years ago. Although the ceramic women all share a similar shape, close inspection reveals variations in their faces and bodies, and...

Leon Levy Foundation Names Meredith Ross President

Justine Koch Promoted to Director of Finance/Administration,

Jennifer Ellis to Senior Program Officer

The Leon Levy Foundation has named Meredith Ross president, succeeding Robert F. Goldrich, who resigned in July after serving as president since 2015. Ms Ross,...

Dating from the 1920s through the 1980s, the unique contents of this collection document the history of the Wildlife Conservation Society, including early activities at its Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium, as well as the progression of its field conservation program over the course of the twentieth century.  Further still, these historical films portray...

The fourth Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group cohort includes Autumn Angelettie, Chari Arespacochaga, Britt Berke, James Bruenger-Arreguin, Adam Coy, Evan T Cummings, Devin E. Haqq, Susanna Jaramillo, Margaret Lee, Sarah Shin, and Dina Vovsi. Led by Roundabout Associate Artist and past directing fellow Cristina Angeles, the mentorship program will provide career assistance and community...

Neuroscience News - Multitasking is not just an office skill. It’s key to functioning as a human, and it involves something called cognitive flexibility – the ability to smoothly switch between mental processes. UNC scientists conducted a study to image the neural activity analogues to cognitive flexibility and discover differences in the brain activity of...

The Times of Israel -  One of the most beautiful treasures of Roman-era Holy Land — the seafaring-themed Lod mosaic — was restored to its home port on June 27.  Given a hero’s welcome in the form of a dedicated museum, the late 3rd century– early 4th century mosaic is now housed in the newly...