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Inside Rehearsal for the US Premiere of Anatomy of a Suicide – Playbill.com

The U.S. premiere of Alice Birch's Anatomy of a Suicide, the winner of the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, will begin performances with Atlantic Theater Company February 1 ahead of a February 18 opening night. The production is scheduled to play a limited run at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater through March 15.

Directed by Obie winner Lileana Blain-Cruz (Fefu and Her Friends), Anatomy of a Suicide tells the story of three generations of women whose lives play out simultaneously onstage.

The production stars Celeste Arias (Uncle Vanya), Jason Babinsky (Network), Gabby Beans (Marys Seacole), Ava Briglia (John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch), Carla Gugino (Jett), Julian Elijah Martinez (Network), Jo Mei (The Great Wave), Vince Nappo (Reign), Miriam Silverman (Junk), and Richard Topol (Indecent).

The production will feature scenic design by Mariana Sanchez, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Jiyoun Chang, projection design by Hannah Wasileski, and casting by Telsey + Company: Karyn Casl and Madison Sylvester.

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The anatomy of a thriller: How the Nuggets sealed their clutch win over the Mavs – The Denver Post

DALLAS It was impossible not to feel sympathetic for Nikola Jokic as he wrestled with a weight in the hallway late Wednesday night considering what hed already accomplished.

As has become customary, Jokic, along with Juancho Hernangomez, Malik Beasley and the Nuggets strength trainers, grunted through a postgame workout that left Denvers superstar dripping in sweat when he finally met with the media following his game-winning bucket against the Mavericks.

Its always nice, Jokic said with a grin. Thats my after-game squad.

Less than half an hour earlier, Jokic was busy dominating Dallas frontcourt, bludgeoning them for 33 points, including 26 in the second half. He even buried four 3-pointers his ace in the hole, as he called his long-range weapon.

Though plenty happened throughout the first 47:52 at American Airlines Center, it was the final two possessions that sealed Denvers riveting 107-106 win. The victory was even more impressive considering the Nuggets were at the end of a taxing, 10-day road trip and without starters Paul Millsap and Will Barton.

Neither factor entered the players minds with Denver trailing 106-105 with 23 seconds left and the ball out of bounds on the sidelines.

Jamal Murray initiated the action with a tree-trunk screen on Mavericks center Dwight Powell to free up Jokic and force undersized forward Dorian Finney-Smith onto the Nuggets star. The only problem was that Jokic, who generally sees the game three steps ahead of his opponent, didnt recognize he had the mismatch.

Thats why I passed out, then I figured out that I had a mismatch, Jokic said.

That miscalculation nearly ended in disaster after Jokics pass to Murray was deflected and sent careening toward halfcourt.

Just track down the ball, Murray said laughing. He threw the ball, it went off me, so I had to go get it.

From there, Murray sent the ball back inside, where Jokic was waiting to go to work.

What Im most happy about that last possession is that we stayed with it, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. We were able to get the re-post, he took his time and scored against a smaller guy in the post. So, hes our go-to player, hes an MVP candidate for a reason. And end of the games, the ball will be in his hands to make the right play.

But the work wasnt done after Jokic dropped his right shoulder, spun and laid in his 12th bucket of the night. There were eight seconds left, and the Mavericks still had one of the most lethal playmakers in the NBA at their disposal in Luka Doncic.

Its two of the most promising young players in the entire NBA, two of the best players in the world, Malone said of the two international stars. One guy from Slovenia, one guy from Serbia, and tonight on national TV, they put all their talents on full display. Im a coach, but Im also a huge fan of the game, I love the game of basketball. I love seeing great players play.

The Mavericks took a full timeout, and the Nuggets made their defensive adjustments. Out came their two offensive stalwarts, Jokic and Murray, in came versatile defenders Torrey Craig and Mason Plumlee. Together, along with rangy forward Jerami Grant, Gary Harris and Beasley, the Nuggets suffocated Dallas final attempt.

That last play, me and (assistant) Wes (Unseld Jr.) talked, Malone said. He said, You know if you want to hit (Luka), get the ball out of his hands. I said, You tell me. And he said, Lets do it.

The Nuggets first victory on the defensive highlight came via Grant not allowing Doncic to catch the inbounds pass, costing the Mavericks several precious seconds. After Doncic finally gained possession the Nuggets swarmed him, just as their coaches had asked.

Craig and Grant trapped him, forcing an outlet to the corner, which Beasley snuffed out almost immediately. From there, with the clock winding down, Plumlee flew in to block the baseline and extinguish any window for the Mavs to shoot. With nowhere to go, Finney-Smith threw the ball into the backcourt as time expired and the entire Nuggets bench charged onto the court.

We committed to it and our guys flew around behind him and we wound up forcing a turnover to seal the win, Malone said, beaming at his teams effort.

It was a shootout, Murray said. It was our defense that won the game.

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ABC Boss Hopes For Season 18 Of Greys Anatomy, Reveals Number Of Station 19 Crossovers TCA – Deadline

ABCs medical dramaGreys Anatomy made more history last spring witha two-year renewal for Seasons 16 and 17. The series star, Ellen Pompeo, is signed for both seasons the current 16th and the next 17th. Will the 2020-21 season presently the last in Pompeos contract be Greys last?

I hope not, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said during TCA.Greys Anatomy will live as long as Ellen is interested in playing Meredith Grey.

The network hasnot started conversations with Pompeo yet about doing additional seasons.

We will let her lead the pace on that, Burke told Deadline.

Soon moving to 9 PM, Greys Anatomy, the longest running medical drama on television, will be preceded on Thursdays by the third season of spinoff Station 19, withGreys executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff now in charge of both series, creating opportunities for seamless narrative.

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Station 19 will kick off its third season with a two-hour Station 19-Greys crossover. It will be one of four such crossover events through the season, Burke said today.

In an interview with Deadline in November, Vernoff said that the two shows will interconnect every few episodes. We dont want to do it every week, we dont want to create a mold, we dont want to fall into any kind of pattern, we dont want people to ever know what to expect, she said. We have found many different, really quite exciting and fun ways to interact between the two shows.

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Today, Vernoff was complimented by Burke about the way she has done that.

You will start to see relationships emerge between characters that exist in the Station world and the Greys world in really organic ways, Burke said. I am incredibly impressed by what Krista and her team have done to make those worlds feel very seamless in an organic way, not feel forced. And then we will have throughout the Season 4 tentpole events that revolve around big emergencies that would naturally start with first responders (on Station 19) and end up in the hospital (on Greys) and will take the storytelling to a two-hour block.

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Jesse Williams Says Grey’s Anatomy & Station 19’s 2-Hour Crossover Event Will Be ‘Scary as Hell’ – PEOPLE.com

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‘Grey’s Anatomy Fans Are Disappointed This Character Has Become Totally Useless – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

At this point,Greys Anatomy has been on the air for over a decade. Sixteen seasons in, only four members of the shows original cast remain.

To compensate for the notable exits of beloved characters over the years, plenty of new faces have become familiar to fans who tune into the show regularly.

So it only makes sense that seeing some of those faces slowly fade away only to watch them reappear as devices to move an episodes plot forward before disappearing again frustrates fans more than boring, repetitive storylines.

Dr. Carina DeLuca, played byStefania Spampinato, strode confidently onto the set of Greys Anatomy in Season 14.

The arrival of this Italian older sister of Andrew DeLuca was highly anticipated by fans. Her beauty and Italian temperament did not disappoint. The sibling rivalry hinted at the drama played outbetween Derek Shepherd and his sister, Amelia.

Then there was her specialty, researching the female orgasm. Little brother Andrew was not comfortable with that.

Fans soon learned that Carina is attracted to both men and women, and her first love interest is Arizona. Andrew discovers his sisters Seattle arrival when he finds Carina making out with his roommate.

Potential plot twists were numerous, varied, exciting, and unexpected. Carinas romance with Arizona sizzled in brief scenes tucked into all of the other plots weaving around the hospital. The romance fizzled when Arizonas daughter arrived and she had less time for Carina.

A steamy scene between Owen and Carina solidified the split, although it continued to steam around the edges. Fans were led to believe that Carina and Arizona would eventually get their act together. But Arizona moved to New York at the end of the season.

The show temporarily returned her to Italy In Season 15. She needed to spend time with her father, also a doctor, who was in difficulties caused by mental illness. Carina does not return to the show until midway through the season.

As the season winds down, she is furthered sidelined from the plot. Carina is embroiled in a family drama, not a love affair. Very little is seen of her medical skills.

Carina gets a mention toward the end of a TV Fanatic review of Season 15: Carina is still at GSM (!), and she gave a nice speech about the male G-spot. Carina is at her best when shes spouting off her knowledge and scoffing at all things American. Maybe if shes sticking around, shell be utilized better.

So far in Season 16, Carina intuited Amelias pregnancy when Amelia approached Carina to propose a threesome. Carina inquires, Are you here for your pregnancy or just asking for a menage a trois?

Later, she gives Amelia the sonogram report suggesting her baby is Owens and not Links. But where is Carinas personal drama? Is she becoming just a background player preparing to jet back to Italy?

Is Carina preparing to move to Call the Midwife where her OB/GYN skills will be played up? Only time will tell.

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Grey’s Anatomy: 10 Couples That Would Have Made A Lot Of Sense (But Never Got Together) – Screen Rant

This was a surprisingly difficult list to write, not just because there have been an awful lot of couples in Grey's Anatomy over the last 15 years, but also because a lot of those relationships were so perfect that we couldn't really imagine them being with anyone else. Imagine splitting up Meredith and Derek, for example!

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However, despite the medical drama's impressive track record, there have been a few couples that fans weren't exactly too keen about. Other characters have been incredibly unlucky in love and so it's about time that changes. Here are 10 couples that would have made a lot of sense but never got together.

These two were absolutely adorable together and their friendship remains one of the highlights of Grey's Anatomy. This pairing originally started as a one night stand, as Callie was depressed about the deterioration of her relationship with George, who wasn't treating her particularly well.

Mark offered his services to Callie, who accepted, and then felt incredibly guilty afterward. Despite this, though, the two soon became firm friends with benefits, but their relationship never went any further than physical attraction. Mark and Callie were such good friends, that a relationship between the two would have seemed almost natural. They even share a daughter together.

These two became friends after Lexie discovered that George was repeating his intern year and she agreed to keep his secret. As a result, they grew closer and even rented an apartment together, that George christened the 'crapartment', because it was so, you know...less than.

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However, Lexie's constant optimism balanced out George's negativity, and she even helped him realize that things weren't as bad as they seemed. George then became a happier person. Honestly, these two were very cute together and would have made an adorable, awkward little couple.

Many people might be wondering why we've included this entry on the list. To explain, we must refer back to the beginning of Season 14, when it was discovered that Amelia had a benign (but absolutely massive) tumor pressing down on her brain. It was revealed that she had had this tumor for around 10 years.

Struggling to come to terms with what this meant for her, both personally and professionally, Amelia entered a brief spiral of doubt, with DeLuca helping her process everything. Even after her operation, DeLuca was there to comfort her and help her heal. If these two ever became a couple, they would be so supportive of one another.

Izzie and Jackson never really interacted during their time on the show together. Which is fair enough if you think about it, as Izzie left Grey's Anatomy soon after Jackson joined. They didn't even have enough time to become friends. However, we think that if they had been given a chance, they could have made a pretty decent couple.

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Izzie was very cheerful and full of hope, bordering on naive. She always looked out for her patients and advocated for them well but she had a habit of becoming easily attached. When Jackson first arrived, he was arrogant and cocksure. The two could have helped each other to become better surgeons and better people in general.

To a lot of people, the mere fact that Meredith and Alex were even considered to be on this list is the highest form of sacrilege. Be that as it may, Meredith and Alex are now extremely close and have been arguably since before Cristina actually left Grey Sloan Memorial to jet off to Switzerland.

Meredith hasn't really found anyone to be with since Derek died and so it's no exaggeration to say that Alex is probably the most important man in her life. As for Alex himself, he does have Jo, but the way he interacts with Mer makes one think that there could be something between these two best friends. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking.

These two have actually slept together on Grey's Anatomy, but seeing as how Derek is Amelia's big brother, Mark wisely went no further than a casual booty call. However, Mark did date Lexie, who was Derek's little sister-in-law, so really, there is no excuse as to why Amelia and Mark didn't get together beforehand.

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Amelia is known for being a little crazy and that has made her come across as slightly annoying to both characters in, and fans of, Grey's Anatomy. However, I always liked Amelia and she and Mark would have been such a great fit together. They're both hilarious people who can take a joke, but they are also serious, talented professionals.

This is another friendship between two people who should have taken it to the next level. Certainly, in later seasons, Callie and Owen became closer as they went through divorces and disasters and began collaborating on innovative medical projects. They weren't without their disagreements (this is Owen after all) but they always had each other's backs.

In Season 11, they were designing prosthetic limbs to help soldiers who had been injured in the line of duty. Their enthusiasm and teamwork was fun to watch, and they could both have a laugh together. We're sort of glad these two didn't get together, as who knows what would have happened to Callie, but it's fun to imagine what these two would have been like as a couple.

Teddy has been through the mother of all wringers when it comes to her love life. She has loved Owen, who used her as and when he saw fit; the hospital psychologist, whose job meant he couldn't settle down; Henry, who was adorable but died, and Tom, who was dumped for Teddy's baby daddy, Owen.

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Essentially, what we're saying is that, with the exception of Henry, Teddy is too good for all these men. She needs someone who will treat her right and will respect her opinions and choices. Link has already proven that he is a good man and if he weren't with Amelia and a possible baby, we're pretty sure that he and Teddy would make an excellent couple.

Maggie is a great character. She's intelligent, friendly and she gets on well with her colleagues, The one thing that Maggie has always been rubbish at, though, is love. Finding love, being in love, anything to do with love and Maggie the Confident crumbles away into Maggie the Awkward and Obsessed.

However, Tom is the complete opposite. He's casual, very witty and very charming. If he and Maggie got together, Maggie might second doubt everything, as is her MO, but he is probably the only person in Grey Sloan who would encourage Maggie to relax and just have a bit of fun. Maggie would also help to soften Tom and help him to get along with his peers.

We cannot stress this one enough. Despite there being so many strong and confident women in Grey's Anatomy, the only two women Owen Hunt seemingly can't get enough of are Teddy and Amelia. It beggars belief. The worst thing is is that Owen has treated both women terribly in the past and yet they still give him multiple chances.

Owen's relationship with Amelia wasn't all his fault, to be fair, as Amelia kept on backing out 6 or 7 times a day. However, Amelia got better and they resumed their relationship, only for Owen to act like a complete jerk. It was the same with Teddy. Owen only wanted her when she was unavailable and was jealous of any partner she had.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’: This 1 Change Is What the Show Needs to Survive – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

One of the highest-rated shows on television since its inception, Greys Anatomy continues to entertain, but will the critically acclaimed series survive? Can one change save Greys Anatomy? Those are questions a lot of fans are wondering.

When Greys Anatomy made its debut on ABC in March 2005, the show focused on the personal and professional relationships of a racially diverse group of medical residents, surgical interns, and seasoned doctors. Among the major characters in the show pilot was an ambitious young surgeon named Meredith Grey, who also happened to be the daughter of esteemed operating room physician, Ellis Grey.

Portrayed by Ellen Pompeo, Dr. Meredith Grey is one of only four characters who remain aboard the long-lived show. The three others who made it all the way to season 16 are doctors Miranda Bailey, Alex Karev, and Richard Webber.

In February 2019, Greys Anatomy toppled the record previously held by ER as American televisions most enduring prime-time scripted medical drama, according to Vulture magazine. Readers may recall the long-running medical drama spurring the careers of George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Anthony Edwards, and Laura Innes.

Now in its 16th year, each 41-minute episode of Greys Anatomy typically opens with a foretelling narrative by Dr. Meredith Grey. But that might not be enough to keep the show alive.

According to TheTalko, there are 15 reasons why Greys Anatomy could have called it quits after the third season.

For instance, most of the original cast has moved on, boring new characters have been added, and the once-beloved medical drama has become virtually unrecognizable.

Filmed primarily in sunny Southern California, Greys Anatomy is purported to take place at a Seattle teaching hospital named Grey Sloan Memorial.

Over the years, the primary characters of Greys Anatomy learned surgical techniques and hospital protocol while enduring a countless array of calamities, including bomb threats, plane crashes, and hospital fires, explains PopSugar.

Now that the lead characters have aged well beyond medical school, theres not nearly as much teaching going on as there was in the first three seasons. And that may be the key to saving the show.

Regardless of whether Greys Anatomy enacts a major change, lead actress Ellen Pompeo may. Although the 50-year-old actress told Entertainment Weekly that she still cares very much about the series that sent her to stardom, she also noted that its about time to mix it up and that she was definitely looking for a change as long ago as 2018, explains TV Line.

The Massachusetts-born actress also said that she felt as if the majority of stories had already been told.

In a Reddit thread, critical viewers offered a range of suggestions that, if enacted, might save Greys Anatomy from cancellation. One Reddit commentator recommended that Alexs sister become a bigger part of the storyline and that Merediths character should be given a brother.

One thing thats certain is that when viewers originally fell in love with the show, Greys Anatomy featured a true-to-life medical drama that offered viewers a glimpse into the inner workings of an actual teaching hospital.

Thats what made Greys Anatomy a hit in the first place, and thats what viewers want to see. If hungry new interns are introduced, and if medical teaching is reintroduced as the focus of the show, Greys Anatomy might make it into the foreseeable future.

[Correction: An earlier version said Ellen Pompeo is 60 years old. She is 50.]

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Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains – The Conversation UK

Life is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple. In biology, researchers often use the acronym MRSGREN to describe it. It stands for movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition.

But Helen Sharman, Britains first astronaut and a chemist at Imperial College London, recently said that alien lifeforms that are impossible to spot may be living among us. How could that be possible?

While life may be easy to recognise, its actually notoriously difficult to define and has had scientists and philosophers in debate for centuries if not millennia. For example, a 3D printer can reproduce itself, but we wouldnt call it alive. On the other hand, a mule is famously sterile, but we would never say it doesnt live.

As nobody can agree, there are more than 100 definitions of what life is. An alternative (but imperfect) approach is describing life as a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution, which works for many cases we want to describe.

The lack of definition is a huge problem when it comes to searching for life in space. Not being able to define life other than well know it when we see it means we are truly limiting ourselves to geocentric, possibly even anthropocentric, ideas of what life looks like. When we think about aliens, we often picture a humanoid creature. But the intelligent life we are searching for doesnt have to be humanoid.

Sharman says she believes aliens exist and theres no two ways about it. Furthermore, she wonders: Will they be like you and me, made up of carbon and nitrogen? Maybe not. Its possible theyre here right now and we simply cant see them.

Such life would exist in a shadow biosphere. By that, I dont mean a ghost realm, but undiscovered creatures probably with a different biochemistry. This means we cant study or even notice them because they are outside of our comprehension. Assuming it exists, such a shadow biosphere would probably be microscopic.

So why havent we found it? We have limited ways of studying the microscopic world as only a small percentage of microbes can be cultured in a lab. This may mean that there could indeed be many lifeforms we havent yet spotted. We do now have the ability to sequence the DNA of unculturable strains of microbes, but this can only detect life as we know it that contain DNA.

If we find such a biosphere, however, it is unclear whether we should call it alien. That depends on whether we mean of extraterrestrial origin or simply unfamiliar.

A popular suggestion for an alternative biochemistry is one based on silicon rather than carbon. It makes sense, even from a geocentric point of view. Around 90% of the Earth is made up of silicon, iron, magnesium and oxygen, which means theres lots to go around for building potential life.

Silicon is similar to carbon, it has four electrons available for creating bonds with other atoms. But silicon is heavier, with 14 protons (protons make up the atomic nucleus with neutrons) compared to the six in the carbon nucleus. While carbon can create strong double and triple bonds to form long chains useful for many functions, such as building cell walls, it is much harder for silicon. It struggles to create strong bonds, so long-chain molecules are much less stable.

Whats more, common silicon compounds, such as silicon dioxide (or silica), are generally solid at terrestrial temperatures and insoluble in water. Compare this to highly soluble carbon dioxide, for example, and we see that carbon is more flexible and provides many more molecular possibilities.

Life on Earth is fundamentally different from the bulk composition of the Earth. Another argument against a silicon-based shadow biosphere is that too much silicon is locked up in rocks. In fact, the chemical composition of life on Earth has an approximate correlation with the chemical composition of the sun, with 98% of atoms in biology consisting of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. So if there were viable silicon lifeforms here, they may have evolved elsewhere.

That said, there are arguments in favour of silicon-based life on Earth. Nature is adaptable. A few years ago, scientists at Caltech managed to breed a bacterial protein that created bonds with silicon essentially bringing silicon to life. So even though silicon is inflexible compared with carbon, it could perhaps find ways to assemble into living organisms, potentially including carbon.

And when it comes to other places in space, such as Saturns moon Titan or planets orbiting other stars, we certainly cant rule out the possibility of silicon-based life.

To find it, we have to somehow think outside of the terrestrial biology box and figure out ways of recognising lifeforms that are fundamentally different from the carbon-based form. There are plenty of experiments testing out these alternative biochemistries, such as the one from Caltech.

Regardless of the belief held by many that life exists elsewhere in the universe, we have no evidence for that. So it is important to consider all life as precious, no matter its size, quantity or location. The Earth supports the only known life in the universe. So no matter what form life elsewhere in the solar system or universe may take, we have to make sure we protect it from harmful contamination whether it is terrestrial life or alien lifeforms.

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So could aliens be among us? I dont believe that we have been visited by a life form with the technology to travel across the vast distances of space. But we do have evidence for life-forming, carbon-based molecules having arrived on Earth on meteorites, so the evidence certainly doesnt rule out the same possibility for more unfamiliar life forms.

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Why people usually have an A-ha moment before they lose weight – KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake City

Dr. Kristen Kells, a Chiropractic Physician, is an authority when it comes to weight loss. She's not only studied it in-depth, but she's been there, done that! Dr. Kells lost over 80 pounds personally and has kept it off for the last 15 years.

Dr. Kells says usually there is an "A-ha" moment when people realize they've got to lose weight. For her, it was after her son was born when she was at her highest weight. Dr. Kells say she was depressed, hopeless and felt like she'd tried everything! For her, she had to address her weight loss resistance, something she now does in her offices. Dr. Kells says when you address the underlying biochemistry (hormones, body PH, toxicity) it will help you fix your broken metabolism and correct weight loss resistance.

So how do you know if you have weight loss resistance? Dr. Kells says if you've tried everything and still can't lose the weight, and if you have some of these typical symptoms: brain fog, wired and tired, no energy, low libido, digestive issues, cravings or if you felt like she did - hopeless and discouraged, you may have it.

But it doesn't have to be that way. Stephanie Bezyack, a client of Dr. Kells, joined us to talk about the great results she's had. She lost 28 pounds in 14 weeks and has kept it off for four months. Stephanie says she has more energy and is feeling better about herself as a whole.

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Food security, international students: What the new GPSC president has been focused on – Duke Chronicle

Every vice president knows they may have to take over for the president, but rarely does that situation come to fruition.

The sitting president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, Anthony Monroe, stepped down from the position in October, leaving vice president Alyssa Florwick to fill his shoes. As GPSC President, Florwick, a Ph.D. student in biochemistry, aims to carry forward the visions of the GPSC throughout the year by continuing efforts with the Community Pantry, centralizing resources and supporting international students.

Wed already laid a lot of foundational work, she explained. I talked to Anthony earlier in the year about some of the goals he wanted to carry forward. Highlighting the Community Pantry is a continued mission of ours, and I think were really broadcasting that a lot.

From its founding in 2017, the Community Pantry has provided resources like food, professional clothing and childcare items to graduate students. GPSC will host a campus food insecurity symposium Feb. 14 based on a collaboration between Duke, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Durham Technical Community College, Florwick said.

Its highlighting essentially the issues, the stigma around food insecurity and the ways of moving forward about how campuses can support students, she said.

Florwick wants GPSC to continue to centralize and highlight various campus resources for students through projects such as the existing Resource Directory Task Force. She emphasized that though there is a bounty of resources available to help Duke students, theyre just really not centralized and broadcasted in a way that students are aware of.

She is currently working on a resource directory page on the GPSC website that is expected to be published by April.

Florwick also expressed an interest in working toward expanding resources available for international students at Duke. She hopes to help international students receive internships to enhance their graduate careers.

The general sentiment is that, especially students who come internationally and come with families and their spouses, may not be able to get a visa to work and dont oftensome indication that theres a financial need there, Florwick said.

She explained that schools like the Sanford School of Public Policy have a lot of professional degrees where internship experience is really integral for their success. However, there is a little bit of a disconnect between how students know they can get those internships, if they knew beforehand that they could get those, she added.

Under Florwicks leadership, GPSC created the Task Force on International Student Affairs. The representatives are now discussing the creation of an international student internal committee within GPSC that could collect more data on international students to understand what resources the council could potentially offer.

We want to know more about students who identify in that population without making them feel like were trying to target or identify them out, she said.

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The task force for international students is just one of four select task forces that the executive committee approved during their current term, along with parking and transportation, sustainability and resource directory.

She also hopes to bring students from various schools together to build collaboration efforts, such as the collaboration of the Graduate School with all other nine schools at Duke for a graduate and professional student appreciation week.

The Graduate School has done a graduate appreciation week in the past and were working with them to broaden that and in that are trying to create opportunities to have students and student leaders from the other schools provide input, she said.

Florwick wishes to strengthen the relationship between GPSC and Duke Student Government as well.

I actually met with [DSG President Liv McKinney] this semester to talk about whats going on with DSG and what theyre doing because I feel like we can learn a lot from each other, she said.

She emphasized that some of the issues being tackled by GPSC task forces, such as the Task Force on Parking and Transportation, are issues for all members of the Duke community, not just graduate and professional students.

In addition to working more with the undergraduate population, Florwick is determined to understand her own population more deeply.

One thing that Im really focusing on this year is trying to understand the heterogeneity of graduate and professional students because I think thats something we struggle with as well, she said. Were the advocates and the voices for our students and we want to be seen and know that students can reach out to us while also having the right things to advocate about.

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