Awards… “English and Medicine, This Student Reflects on Doing Both” 12 May 2016 Congratulations to one of our very own, Courtney Potteiger, who has won the J.J. Quinn Award with the following essay. A Formula for Greatness: English and Medicine I vividly remember…
Academics… A Top Medical School Revamps Requirements To Lure English Majors 6 Apr 2016 Dr. David Muller, dean of medical education at Mount Sinai, believes that including in each medical school class some students who have a strong background in the humanities makes traditional…
Medicine… English Minor & Lit Mag. Editor Chris Kustera Staying at ‘the U’ to Earn M.A. in Chemistry 9 Jul 2015 Chris Kustera (BA 2015) may have double-majored in BCMB (Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology), but he also found a way to make the English department home. He not only earned a…
Creative Writing… English & Bio Alum Jenn Lewis Writes with News of Med School Success 14 Apr 2015 Jenn Lewis (BA, Biology & English, 2011) writes with news of her experiences as a medical student at Thomas Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia where, among other things, she bridged…