Students confront medicine’s toughest questions
RUTGERS: A 92-year-old hospital patient with a serious blood infection is unable to communicate. She has no advance directives and her only relative declines to make decisions about her care saying,...
View ArticleBrian: I’m on the shortlist for a one-way trip to Mars
RUTGERS: Senior Brian Robles always wanted to be an astronaut. So when he heard that a Dutch group was looking for people willing to be part of the first colony on Mars, he applied immediately. The...
View Article5 things research tells us about education
1. Talking about social class helps first-gen freshmen Researchers offer a new approach to help first-generation college students succeed: discuss class differences rather than ignore them. “Engaging...
View ArticleAnna: Coming out and building community
RUTGERS: For most of her time in college, Anna Phung felt torn apart by secrets. There was the secret of her sexuality and her failing grades. And her darkest secret of all: She had considered suicide...
View ArticleSherif: Once bullied, now proud and political
RUTGERS: When Sherif Ibrahim was in middle school he was bullied by a group of neighborhood boys. It was a few years after terrorists killed thousands of people on September 11, 2001 and more than a...
View ArticleWhat does success in college look like?
RUTGERS: How do you define success? On the brink of summer break, undergrads report their goals and achievements: internships, good grades, and plans for the summer. “I got an internship finally,” says...
View ArticleStudents: Where do you get your motivation?
RUTGERS: Are you motivated to study? What keeps you motivated? In this video, students weigh in on their biggest motivational busts, successes, and study tips. In the video, undergrads suggest these...
View ArticleChemistry is awesome, but it’s not like CSI
RUTGERS: Sean Taylor, a 2014 graduate in chemistry, says he’s done well in the laboratory because of his “engineering mindset.” And that, he says, comes from playing with LEGOs as a kid. “If you play...
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