David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
How do cherry trees know when it’s time to blossom?
Some cherry blossoms opened in January on Roosevelt Island, but those were juveniles, recent plantings near Cornell Tech… Youths still in search of themselves. But now, cherry blossom season is about to start with the first traditional trees budding this…
The De-Greening of Roosevelt Island 2023, and Now the Hunt for Cornel West
No matter how RIOC phrases the annual de-greening of Roosevelt Island – this year, it’s remediation – it always raises questions, ones never answered. And bad memories. This year, though, the exercise includes some unintentional humor along with the expected…
The saga of the Weeping Cherry Trees on Roosevelt Island
Off to look into stories coming from residents about problems in Lighthouse Park, I found something else that stopped me in my tracks. It was along the East Promenade near Coler Hospital. A long row of recently planted cherry trees…
How badly did RIOC’s crew damage the cherry trees?
We couldn’t know how badly RIOC’s crew damaged our historic row of cherry trees on the West promenade until blossoms lifted them out of winter. After men with chainsaws hacked brainlessly away at them in late October, we could not…
Cherry Trees: Their Colorful History in America
Cherry trees are a popular type found in many yards and parks. They have a surprisingly short history in America, dating back to the early 1800s. Cherry trees were first brought over to the United States from Japan in 1820….
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor