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Alysa Guffey | Monday, May 10, 2021
The College of Arts and Letters will offer a new minor program — health, humanities and society — beginning in fall 2021. The minor will explore the social and historical nature of American medicine and healthcare and how it relates to being a physician or patient. Anna Geltzer, assistant director of the University’s Reilly Center,
Theresa Tulsiak | Monday, April 6, 2020
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt I think a lot about the firefighters that stood in front of the Twin Towers, looked up and ran straight into the building with the knowledge that this may be the last time they ever put
Jin Kim | Monday, April 29, 2019
If you’ve ever had a loved one lying in a hospital bed, clinging to their dear life, you know that the last thing on your mind is the medical bill. Because when you see them lying lifeless and unconscious, wrapped in tubes and bandages, surrounded by buzzing machines and frantic nurses, the only thing on
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, January 23, 2018
This year marks some notable anniversaries such as the 300th birthday of the city of San Antonio, the 50th year since the debut of the film classic “2001: A Space Odyssey” and 40 years since National Lampoon’s “Animal House” (which I always assumed was a documentary) gave us John Belushi at the height of his
Colleen Zewe | Monday, March 27, 2017
In my Intercultural Communication class, our final project is spending three hours a week with a community whose beliefs and culture differs from our own. I’ve always believed small government is the best system for our country, so I consider myself a Republican. However, since the election, I’ve felt small government is not the best
Courtney Becker | Monday, January 30, 2017
The first “Soup and Substance” discussion of the year — hosted by the student club GlobeMed — took place on Friday and focused on race and health care. Seniors Emma Cooper and Madeleine van Zuylen said the discussion was a fitting end to Walk the Walk Week at Notre Dame. “We [are having] this now
Jenna Wilson | Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Staff, stuff, systems and space. Those are the four things Paul Farmer said are necessary in order to combat infectious pathogens in healthcare deficient areas. On Tuesday, Farmer, a physician, anthropologist, chief strategist and cofounder of Partners in Health, gave a lecture entitled, “Taking up the Challenge of Poverty: Why Accompaniment Matters” that tackled the complexities
Macaila DeMario | Sunday, February 15, 2015
The latest event in Saint Mary’s “Justice Fridays” series featured junior nursing student Annie McGarrigle, who offered her perspective on healthcare in United States prisons. “I wanted to talk about this topic because I am a big believer in human dignity in the hospital setting as well as outside the hospital,” she said. “The ideas of healthcare
Alex Winegar | Friday, November 14, 2014
Five Saint Mary’s biology alumnae discussed their careers in healthcare in a panel Thursday evening to answer current biology students’ questions and share the alumnae’s experiences in medical school. Dr. Anne Dudley, class of 2004, is now a pediatrician after attending Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. Dudley said she is a Doctor of Osteopathic