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In addition to raising your voice across social media and sharing information during this time, when the Black community has reached a breaking point and is protesting for true change in various cities throughout the United States, one way you can do your part to help is by supporting Black-owned businesses when you shop.
Below is a shortlist of lifestyle and wellness brands to get you started.
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Veggie burgers are a great option for vegans, vegetarians, and those who simply want to cut back on their meat consumption. They can be made from a variety of ingredients like beans, soy, vegetables, and grains. And there are a lot of brands on the market these days.
The best plant-based burger for you will depend on your goals and purpose for turning to the meat alternative. Just remember that veggie burgers are not necessarily better than their meat counterparts, says Joan Salge Blake, Ed.D...

While the heart is one of the most important organs in our bodies, we sometimes forget to give it love. In fact, according to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. An estimated 47 percent of Americans suffer from high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and/or smoke cigarettes, which, as we know, is bad for your heart.

Known for his expertise in ecology and evolutionary biology, Professor Henry Horn was also quite creative in other fields. He sang in the Chapel Choir and created artwork as a hobby.
“Henry’s art was different,” said Simon Levin, a colleague and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. For example, Horn “would take old bits of computers and create them into structures which told a story,” Levin said.
After Horn died unexpectedly last March, it seemed fitting to distribute his works.

Stress and anxiety are at an all-time high. Some experts even say it’s a national epidemic. Factors including work, money, social life, appearance and other responsibilities are all culprits of the rapid rise—and that’s where supplements to help reduce stress and anxiety come in.

Problems create opportunities. That’s the thinking that launched Rachel Zietz ’22 and Matthew Marquardt ’21 toward entrepreneurial pursuits.

A few years ago, English professor Anne Cheng ’85 was visiting a Hello Kitty store in Pittsburgh when she noticed that those around her seemed enamored with the merchandise. Again and again, she heard people describe the character as cute.
“What is cuteness?” wondered Cheng, the only Asian American customer in the store at the time. “And why is it, in America, so deeply associated with femininity, smallness, and the Japanese?”
That moment would inspire a Princeton course titled “Too Cute!

Henry Urbach ’84 *95 was always known as a deep thinker and planner. He often questioned convention and perception — and he challenged those around him to do the same.
Although he became renowned for his big ideas as an architecture and design scholar and curator, his sister, Barbara Urbach Lissner, recalls the smaller moments, such as how he always found the perfect place to hang a new picture in her home. “He was very generous in his observations and in his thinking,” she says.

When you think about yoga, ideas of quiet spaces and deep breathing likely come to mind. Now take that idea and turn it up loud — real loud. Britteny Floyd-Mayo, aka the Trap Yoga Bae on Instagram, is turning the traditional yoga experience on it’s head with the creation of her Trap Yoga experience.