Special Editions:

⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: CRSP Special Edition (published on Mar 18, 2024)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2024/crsp-special-edition/
★ “The CUNY Research Scholars Program: The First Ten Years” by Ron Nerio and Veer Shetty
★ “Voices of Discovery: CRSP Alumni Interviews 2024” by Veer Shetty and Roman Senkov.
★ “East River Sediment Microbiome: Comparative Study of Restored Sites” by Caitlin Lynch (LaGuardia CC)
★ “Dopamine Receptor mRNA Expression by Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells in the Corpus Callosum” by Shelby Louis (College of Staten Island)
★ “Direct Detection of Hexavalent Chromium in the Presence of Potassium Chloride” by Ellis Spica (Guttman CC)
★ “Underwater Acoustic Communication and Hardware Implementation” by Liting Zheng, Seungyeon Lee, Ling Lin, Jun Hong (LaGuardia CC)
★ “Divergence of Protein Casein Kinase in Drosophila species” by Amena Shamia and Claudette Davis (LaGuardia CC)
★ “Age, Gender, Social Media Use, and Body Positivity in College Students” by Shantal Edward (Queensborough CC)
★ “Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Blockers Using In-Silico Design” by Jose Armando Keppis (Hostos CC)
★ “What The Thunder Said” and What We Say Back, by Claire Wilgus (Guttman CC)
★ “DNA Metabarcoding for Urban Farm Soil Microbial Diversity at Kingsborough CC” by Dmitry Y. Brogun, Ani Iremashvili, and Stefan Valdez (Kingsborough CC)
★ “Diphenyl Carbazide Method Reevaluation for Hexavalent Chromium” by Mengyi Lin (Guttman CC)
★ “Collagen Signatures in Gliomas: Impact on Tumor Grade and Patient Survival” by Dr. Nancy Liu-Sullivan, Caitlin Carela, Ambar Alvarenga, and Melina Turco (College of Staten Island)
★ “Antimicrobial elements in soil Streptomyes and their interaction with environmental bacteria” by ShaniaKay Williams and Bansari Patel (Queensborough CC)
★ “Towards the Synthesis of Novel DAG-lactone Mimetic via a Microwave-Assisted 3+2 Cycloaddition Reaction” by Ryan Sumner and Jessica Master (Medgar Evers College)
★ “Effect of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Lung Cancer Cells” by James Babo (Queensborough CC)

Regular Editions:

⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2024 (published on Mar 19, 2024)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2024/1/
★ “Parting Shots” by Scott Sternbach
★ “CRSP Special Edition” by CUNY Research Scholars Program
★ “Star Trek: The Reunion of Old Friends” by Helmut Eppich
★ “Hi! My name is Layla, I am a mechanical engineering major...” by Layla Xholi
★ “Maupertuis' Principle and Its Analog in Quantum Mechanics” by Miguel Posada
★ “April 8th, 2024: Great Solar Eclipse” by Amaru Alzogaray
★ “The Truth and the scientific knowledge” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “Influence of Light Color on the Mood and Perception” by Julissa Cardoza and Dr. Małgorzata Marciniak
★ “Conexión Innovation Psychology Project” by Lara Beaty, Dušana Podlucká, Eduardo Vianna
★ “LaGuardia Community College History Trivia” by Dr. Fern Luskin and Dr. Joseph McPhee
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #10” by Tomonori Nagano and Roman Senkov
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #2 2023 (published on Dec 07, 2023)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2023/2/
★ “Cosmic Canvas: Capturing the Light within the Darkness” by Hreedoy Anirban Khandakar
★ “Consciousness” by Dr. Joseph McPhee
★ “What is the Honors Program up to? Low-Tech!” by Dr. Noam Scheindlin
★ “Sexual Size Dimorphism in Spiders — Illustrations” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “Honors classes: a way to discover your passion for research” by Caitlin Lynch
★ “Inspiring Future STEM Majors Through LaGuardia’s College Now Program” by Dr. Claudette Davis
★ “A dreamer turned doer” by Yeamin Ahmed
★ “Quick Trivia: Science & Liberal Art” by LaGuardia Faculty
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #9” by Roman Senkov
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2023 (published on May 22, 2023)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2023/1/
★ “Naturescapes” by Jetmir Troshani
★ “From Cells to Galaxies” by NS Facluty
★ “Effects of Climate Change on Human Health” by Sara El Houzaly and Dr. Richa Gupta
★ “Families on the Frontier: Incarceration, Reproductive Labor, and Peripheral Development in the Early Twentieth Century Philippines” by Dr. Karen Miller
★ “Unveiling Stellar Dimensions: An Exploration of Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs” by Camille Enderlin and Lenin Nolasco
★ “Composite Cantilever Beam Subjected to Temperature Change” by Oscar J Rivera and Dr. Yves Ngabonziza
★ “Quick Trivia: Science & Liberal Art” by LaGuardia Faculty
★ “Machine Learning, Its Applications and Challenges” by Dr. Yun Ye
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #8” by Roman Senkov and Tomonori Nagano
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2022 (published on Feb 14, 2022)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2022/1/
★ “Wedding Traditions From Around the World” edited by Filip Stabrowski and Liena Vayzman
★ “Interview with College Laboratory Technicians” by Lucia Fuentes and Roman Senkov
★ “Trichobothria – Spider's Mechanoreceptors” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “Lagrange Points in Binary Star Systems” by Daniel Gallego and Layla Xholi
★ “Phosphoproteomics Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1)” by Pratikkumar Rathod
★ “Grad MAP - Winter Workshop” by Daniel Gallego, Edda Monique Hobuss, and Layla Xholi
★ “The Remote Learning Diaries” by Selassie Mawuko, Ritika Talwar, and Hui Shan Zhou Peng
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #7” by Tomonori Nagano and Roman Senkov
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #3 2021 (published on Dec 06, 2021)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2021/3/
★ “COVID-19 and My Neighborhood Jackson Heights” by Edda Monique Ottilie Proenca Hobuss
★ “William Shatner’s Fame Or Folly?” by Helmut Eppich
★ “The Moon’s Terminator and Partial Lunar Eclipse” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students (SPS)
★ “Disappearing Art of Science” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “A novel method for analyzing responses of microglia to a compromised state” by Gisela Ismaili and Dr. Lucia Fuentes
★ “A bit of Mathematics, Physics and Magic” by Dr. Tao Chen and Dr. Roman Senkov
★ “Learning about Each Other Through Language” by Dr. Lucy McNair
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #6” by Tomonori Nagano and Roman Senkov
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #2 2021 (published on May 26, 2021)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2021/2/
★ “The Lost Joseph” poem by Hafez. Recited by Dr. Maria Entezari
★ “Isolation and characterization of Tardigrades from Newtown Creek” by Michael Betancourt and Dr. Charles Keller
★ Interview with Dr. Ron Nerio, Director of the CUNY Research Scholars Program by Lucia Fuentes and Roman Senkov
★ “A Life of Challenge and Wonder” by Jiafeng Chen
★ “How bilingual is Queens?” by Dr. Tomonori Nagano
★ Bio-imaging and photodynamic therapeutic treatment of cancers by Dr. Sunaina Singh
★ “How marine deep diving mammals prevent decompression sickness?” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “Ten years of SERG” by Dr. Lara Beaty
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #5” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2021 (published on Feb 25, 2021)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2021/1/
★ “Illustration in the Time of Grief” by Professor Jessica Boehman
★ “Brochure on SARS-2 CoV” by Shaopeng Ma, Victor Pleacoff, Felipe Perez, and Claire Sansaricq
★ “EXTRA! EXTRA! LIFE ON MARS?” by Amaru Alzogaray
★ “The Magic of Microbes behind Sourdough Bread” by Dr. Nicolle Fernandes
★ “Orbital Decay of a Massive Black Hole” by Charles Lee-Georgescu and Ahn Vo
★ “Why I Joined the Honors Program at LaGuardia” by STEM Honors faculty
★ “Reimagining the Immigrant identity” by Taisha Pavlica
★ “LaGuardia STEM Club” by Rabeca Mohammed
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #4” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #3 2020 (published on Dec 07, 2020)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2020/3/
★ “That Sense of... ENTERPRISE” by Helmut Eppich
★ “11 Questions for Dr. Sarah Durand” by Lucía Fuentes and Roman Senkov
★ “Pursuing Research Endeavors Outside of LaGuardia” by Karan Kumar, Rabeca Mohammed, and Josselyn Velasquez
★ “In Search of Life in Universe” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “How many languages are spoken at LaGuardia? There is no simple answer.” by Dr. Tomonori Nagano
★ “Signal Modulation in Underwater Communications” by Syeda Mehjabin
★ “Life after LaGuardia: How to succeed in a four-year college” by Dr. Dušana Podlucká
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #3” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #2 2020 (published on Jul 23, 2020)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2020/2/
★ “In Black and White: Capturing New York, Spring 2020, during COVID19” by Gabriela Aca, Sam Delgado, Luis Cuacuamoxtla, John Puga, and Stella Sitao Xing
★ “Brochure on SARS-2 CoV” by Shaopeng Ma, Victor Pleacoff, Felipe Perez, and Claire Sansaricq
★ “A Journey into Solar Energy” by Małgorzata Marciniak
★ “Computer modelling of physical systems” by SCP232 Honors and MAC101 students (Spring'20)
★ “Sing, symbols, and science”
★ “A Mathematical Magic Trick – The Chatty Jokers”
★ “Physiology & Behavior Journal Club”
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #2” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students
⊞ Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2020 (published on May 27, 2020)
★ Cover page: http://adastraletter.com/2020/1/
★ “Los Heraldos Negros” by César Vallejo. Recited by Dr. Lucia Fuentes
★ “Comparative Morphology of Ground Spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)” by Dr. Boris Zakharov
★ “How do our students feel about Distant Learning?” by a group of NS faculty
★ “Why I Chose Physics as a Major” by Karamoko Soumahoro
★ “Preparation of Self-Organized Organic Nanoparticles of Perfluorophenylporphyrin” by Afsana Abdul Rahim, et al
★ “Picture of the day: Orion Nebula” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students
★ “Women in Technology Club” by Anastasia Aponte
★ “Atomic Nuclei and Pairing Correlations” by Josselyn Velasquez and Bai Huang
★ “Linguistic Puzzle #1” by LaGuardia Society of Physics Students