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The 2024-2025 school year welcomes a new chapter in the Browning community with the Athletic Department’s creation of an official Online Store and Athletics Instagram Account.
From studying in Britain and Germany to teaching physics at Browning, Dr. Viraf Mehta has had a lifelong passion for science which has informed his work not only as a teacher but as a distinguished scientist as well. The Grytte had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Mehta, the newest addition to the science department, to discuss his experience, his teaching philosophy, and vision for inspiring new scientists at Browning.
With Election Day a mere two days away, the need for respectful and layered dialogue in a country seemingly devoid of nuance remains at an all-time high.
The once comforting $1.00 pizza sign has been replaced by the daunting $1.50 slice revision; a testament to the deadly role of time on inflation. On a mission to get a cheap slice of pizza, I became thoroughly disappointed to find that dollar slices, once the normal price for a slice, are disappearing from New York city storefronts. All around the city pizza prices have steadily increased: now, at your average pizza restaurant, a slice of cheese pizza can cost anywhere from three to four dollars.
On May 13, 2022, a number of Browning Upper School students walked out of their classes to join students from across the city to protest the Supreme Court’s leaked draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Cincinnati Bengals will face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California today in Super Bowl LVI. This matchup was unexpected, as the Rams and Bengals were both 4 seeds coming into the playoffs.
During his time at Browning, Skyler Bell ‘21 obtained the fundamentals of being an athlete that would lead him to excel at football on a Big 10 team. Bell is currently midway through his first year playing as a wide receiver for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Badgers team.
Many members of the faculty have received their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. They found the process to be relatively painless and are fortunate to have received the vaccine.
The Fleischer Foundation, founded by Stephen Fleischer ‘10 and his family, has been providing teenagers from Nairobi access to a high school education.
On January 20, the Browning community witnessed an inauguration like no other for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
On January 6, a group of rioters who supported former President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill because they believed the election was stolen from him. Congress was in the process of certifying the electoral votes when the mob started to charge into the building.
School in the midst of a pandemic has seen our teachers finding ways to meet the demands of online instruction while still delivering a 62nd street-caliber education.
Imagine if a game, which was made two years ago, and was about to be deleted by the creators, suddenly became one of the best games of the year. Among Us is a murder mystery game made by an American game company named InnerSloth. The game suddenly became popular recently through gamers playing on Twitch and YouTube.
Who would have thought that a professional sports team could pull off a championship run in the middle of a pandemic? Just a few months ago, the sports world could never have imagined those words. The NHL introduced, along with other sports organizations, the bubble format, which was enjoyed by sports fans at Browning.
Comedian Sam Morril ’05 is rising to fame. In February 2020, his second Comedy Central stand-up special “I Got This” debuted, where it has since received more than 4.5 million views on YouTube. A momentous achievement for him, Morril says this is just the beginning and that there is much more content to come.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota while being arrested by the police. This incident sparked weeks of protests in major cities across America against the killing of George Floyd, police brutality, and systemic racism in American society.
The COVID-19 pandemic may offer a beacon of hope for the seemingly impossible battle against climate change.
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has left and will continue to leave scars on Browning's community, but, for some, the threat goes beyond the disease and includes being targets of hate based on their racial origins.
Discussions surrounding current events have resulted in the possible removal of a book from the curriculum and conversations about the war in Iran.
The catastrophic wildfires in Australia are burning half a world away, but for some members of the Browning community, their impact hits close to home.
Upper School students attended an event which featured the Commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver, and the Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert, speaking about the globalization of basketball and the growing women’s sports industry.
Browning’s winter athletic season has just begun, as the varsity basketball team looks to find themselves in the NYCAL playoffs for another year.