New York at Work Who is the Understudy for the Understudies? The back of Maria Briggs as she enters from stage left. Briggs performing on stage in the same dress and wig. At the start of the day, Maria Briggs never knows how her evening will unfold. There... See more
Bar Luzon, an Israeli citizen living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, never considered herself "a political person." An assistant professor of linguistics and philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she had not voted in an Israeli election since ... See more
Bar Luzon, an Israeli citizen living in Cambridge, Mass., never considered herself 'a political person.' An assistant professor of linguistics and philosophy at M.I.T., she had not voted in an Israeli election since she came to the United States for gradu... See more
Michael Kotlikoff, the president of Cornell University, at his office in Ithaca, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2026. In an interview with The New York Times, Kotlikoff addressed his administration's handling of sexual assault accusations brought by a former student. The... See more
Over 90 minutes, Kotlikoff was often remorseful and contrite, and occasionally clinically detached. He resisted assigning blame for any shortcomings in the handling of the rape allegation. He acknowledged the pain of the moment and asked for time for an i... See more
