The 10th anniversary of the Yeraz Dance Ensemble took place before a standing room only, cheering audience at the Queensborough Community College in Bayside, N.Y. on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6.
A scene from the performance
Formed 10 years ago by artistic director Karnig Nercessian, the 90-strong group of dancers ranging in age from 5-23 put on a [...]

It was at a world famous location, the New York Stock Exchange, that the Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO) of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut held a well-attended, successful fundraiser on Nov. 6. Two worthy and important projects were the recipients of the proceeds—AAHPO’s Voskevan Clinic in Armenia and the Armenian Eye Care [...]

Influences in His Childhood, Kindness of Strangers
CARNEGIE CORPORATION, N.Y.—On Nov. 7, Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be honored as Professional of the Year by the Armenian Professional Society at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif.
An interview with Gregorian is a unique experience. He impresses one as [...]

Education: Its Values and Pitfalls
CARNEGIE CORPORATION, N.Y.—On Nov. 7, Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be honored as Professional of the Year by the Armenian Professional Society at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif.
An interview with Gregorian is a unique experience. He impresses one as a brilliant, [...]

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y.—Azadouhi (named freedom) was an emaciated infant near death when she was rescued by the Near East Relief during the Armenian Genocide. Five years later, she had blossomed into a robust, intelligent, and playful child due to the dedicated care of this benevolent organization.
Azadouhi was one of thousands of Armenian children rescued and [...]

Long before there was the current concern for the millions in the United States without health insurance, or the money to pay for expensive healthcare, there was a compassionate and dedicated individual who did something creative and constructive about this dilemma.
It was in 1997 that Dr. Garabed Fattal established a free clinic, subsequently named after [...]

NEW YORK CITY—A 16-year old-athlete from Englewood, N.J., falls on the baseball field and injures his knee. He is taken to the nearby hospital where a stat MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is performed. Dr. Raymond Damadian, inventor of the MRI, will be attending and speaking at the Armenian Medical World Congress at New York’s Hilton [...]

Students of Youth Bible Study of Providence present stirring tribute
NEW YORK—There was not a dry eye among the more than one hundred attendees on Thurs., April 16, at the headquarters of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America in New York. The special evening was a moving memorial to the more than [...]

NEW YORK—“He has lifted memory to an art,” said Hamid Dabashi, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, in his tribute to noted author, poet, and teacher Peter Balakian.
Balakian’s Black Dog of Fate recently saw its 10th anniversary publication, 12 years after the original publication and 24 printings. The [...]