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50 Book Pledge Featured Read: The Black Widow

The Black Widow by Daniel Silva is the 16th novel in Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series  – and yet, it’s been hailed his most timely and most powerful novel yet. Below I will explain why, but first, some context: Gabriel Allon is the protagonist in Silva’s internationally bestselling thriller and espionage series. Allon works for Israeli intelligence on international missions. His ancestors are…

A Taste of Molecules

In Search of the Secrets of Flavor

Diane Fresquez

Do men and women experience taste and smell differently? And what happens when you eat a meal completely in the dark? Diane Fresquez, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, spent a year on the trail of obsessive scientists and entrepreneurs who are trying to reveal the secrets of flavor.

Today, Ms. Fresquez appeared at the Feminist Press and CUNY's panel of Inspiring Women Scientists. We heard from our own Executive Director, Jennifer Baumgardner, as well as Ana Marie Cuervo of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Judith Spitz, Senior Vice President of Verizon Business.  Panel topics ranged from the challenges women face in science, technology and engineering to the various ways we can work to address those challenges and help women succeed in these fields.