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May 18, 2010
Making the Most of Opportunities
Matt McDermott, '11: This highly involved Robins School student has a breadth of experience enviable to most.
Service experience leads graduate to pursue career in education policy
Service at a local elementary school awakened an interest in education policy in Elle Carabetta.
May 17, 2010
Future doctor: "Philosophy informed my science"
Unlike most future doctors, Jordan Walter, '10, says it was his decision to double major in philosophy that gave him a competitive edge over other medical school applicants.
May 13, 2010
Ethics and medical humanities students see inner workings of nation's top medical center
In April, just a few weeks before exams, the students in Ethical Decision Making in Health Care went to Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the nation's best hospitals, to learn how medical professionals apply the theories they had been studying to real-life-and-death scenarios.
Artist scholar explored new direction in senior year artwork and studies
After being exposed to the work of cartoonist R. Crumb last fall, artist scholar Anthony Ferguson, '10, pursued a darker and more introspective direction in his paintings and cartoons.
May 12, 2010
Health care executive shares knowledge with students as Jepson School's 2010 leader-in-residence
"Health care is a prime topic in the national conversation," said Jepson School Dean Sandra J. Peart, "and the leadership and ethical challenges are ongoing and complex.” Video of presentation by Johns Hopkins CEO is posted.
Bridging the gap between students and administrators and moving student leadership forward
“We’re trying to foster a Jepson community of active minds, participative government and facilitating administration,” said Jepson School Government Association 2010-2011 President Alex Cramer.
May 7, 2010
Research on hurricane aftermath takes Katrina evacuee home to New Orleans
New Orleans native Juliette Jeanfreau, ’10, returned home to research hurricanes Katrina and Betsy with the dean of Westhampton College. The experience inspired her to look at suffering from a slightly different perspective for her senior honors thesis.
Research sheds light on physicians' ethical obligations to practice healthy behaviors
Kathryn Skimming, ’10, made an observation during a summer internship at a hospital that led her to spend her senior year conducting research on whether physicians have an obligation to be healthy.
Student's research finds that rejection activates racial stereotypes
Prasant Dubey’s interest in social exclusion started on the basketball court when he was younger. For his senior honors thesis, he decided to pursue research to study how rejection affects people of different races.