Dipti Kumar

Brooklyn Daily Eagle — What's a fashion designer turned artist turned sculptor doing at the Federal Court in Brooklyn? You won't guess what Barbara Rocco has on display.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle — Innocent home owners have been scammed by highly organized fraudsters to forfeit their homes but still pay for it unbeknownst to them. Dipti Kumar sits down to discuss the investigation with reporter Matthew Taub who spent the summer of 2014 investigating a real estate fraud ring in East New York. Also in conversation is attorney, Jomo Thomas who has represented some of the cases.

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle — The Brooklyn District Attorney has issued a policy about arresting people for possession of marijuana. See how this affects you.

www.cruxialcio.com — While Western sophisticates are obsessively taking "selfies" using their smartphones, a borderless bunch of users are busy taking pictures of other people's retinas. The smartphone has, in fact, become the latest doctor's kit for making house calls, anywhere in the world. Apps that can scan the backs of eyes or examine other parts of the body are being used to detect, for instance, diabetic retinopathy, a blindness caused due to diabetes. This is considered a leading cause of adult blindness globally. Instead of lugging heavy equipment to remote parts of the world and asking the afflicted to come to it, lightweight handheld devices now come to the patients.

www.cruxialcio.com — Buckley Powder, a Colorado company that supplies dynamite and other explosive products for mining and construction firms, is suing Infor Global Solutions, a business applications development firm. The lawsuit claims that Infor failed to complete the creation of an upgrade of its TakeStock inventory management software. The work was to be completed within 180 days from the date of the work order. After 18 months, the work had not been completed. What's at stake: Key functions of Buckley's operations, including inventory control, distribution and manufacturing. Buckley Powder's filed a lawsuit that states a "breach of contract and unjust enrichment based upon Infor's failure to perform its duties in breach of the Software Services Agreement."

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM SCHOOL — An audio slideshow featuring Richard Michealis, an engineer who loves to work with his hands. His interest in wood grew after he started working on stain glass, inlay and wood work. His current muse is wood chipping, an intimate time of carving tiny fragments of wood to reveal an intricate piece of art.

www.journalismwithoutwalls.com — The details on girls education in the region of Turkana, Kenya is under reported. Dipti Kumar traveled to this region in the Spring of 2013 as part of a foreign reporting team from Stony Brook University's Journalism School to report on the dwindling number of girls in schools. Read the story of Stella, a Turkana girl who has stayed in school but says her friends, many who are girls, have dropped out.

www.journalismwithoutwalls.com — The 2013 SAJA awardee for "outstanding story on any subject by a student in the United States", the Future of Education in Turkana from Stony Brook School of Journalism. In a land where the education many westerners take for granted is precious and controversial, Edward Ekuom explains the struggles facing students at Kerio Primary school, where he teaches in Turkana, Kenya, and expresses the goals teachers there have for their students.

www.journalismwithoutwalls.com — A feature article that profiles fossil hunter, Richard Leakey and his work in Turkana Kenya.