Category: Celebrity
Everything You Need to Know About Medical School Interviews
Prospective medical school students should prepare for their interview as if it were a full-time job. That means dressing professionally, avoiding speaking too casually and preparing for prompts and questions. “The interview day is very important in the process, and of course, you have to get invited for an interview,” says Beth Piraino, associate dean…
University Presidents Are Failing to Lead
A congressional hearing showed a glaring lack of leadership from college presidents. Our schools need honest, trustworthy, empathetic leaders. When the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania appeared before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, it was an opportunity to defend their respective responses to antisemitism…
Medical Schools Warm to Curriculum Changes as Climate Threats Grow
Schools training the nation’s future physicians are incorporating climate change into courses, preparing students for challenges posed by the planet’s shifting patterns. Hugh Shirley recalls that much of the talk about the effects of climate change he heard during his first year at Harvard Medical School came within the context of broader discussions about social…
The War on College Campuses
Shortly after the militant group Hamas mounted a surprise attack killing 1,400 in Israel, the National Students for Justice in Palestine released a “toolkit” to help chapters across America organize a day of resistance on college campuses. Their materials called the rampage, in which the overwhelming number of dead were civilians and hundreds more were…