Are you a senior STEM student interested in pursuing a Master’s Degree? Do you like the idea of studying at one of the oldest universities in the world? Consider the Churchill Scholarship, which provides funding to American students for a year of Master’s study at the University of Cambridge. The program was set up at […]…Continue Reading Post-Grad STEM Fellowship Opportunity: Churchill Scholarship at Cambridge
Month: June 2021
Preparing for the MCAT? Consider using Khan Academy’s FREE Test Prep
Khan Academy is currently working with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to provide MCAT test prep, including all videos and practice questions (as a free resource for students)….Continue Reading Preparing for the MCAT? Consider using Khan Academy’s FREE Test Prep
Article: Fight Over Covid’s Origins Renews Debate on Risks of Lab Work
By Carl Zimmer and James Gorman, June 20, 2021 At a Senate hearing on efforts to combat Covid-19 last month, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky asked Dr. Anthony S. Fauci whether the National Institutes of Health had funded “gain-of-function” research on coronaviruses in China. “Gain-of-function research, as you know, is juicing up naturally occurring animal viruses to infect humans,” the […]…Continue Reading Article: Fight Over Covid’s Origins Renews Debate on Risks of Lab Work
Have HP/STEM questions during the summer? Here’s how to get in touch
The Health Professions and STEM team of Mary Lothrop and Hannah Benz do not hold regularly scheduled office hours during the summer months but are available to meet with students. Please reach out directly to Mary or Hannah to ……Continue Reading Have HP/STEM questions during the summer? Here’s how to get in touch
June Notes for Watson and Fulbright Applicants
If you’re thinking about applying for a Fulbright or Watson nomination in the fall, you should start working on those applications. Many of you have already talked with me about your ideas or completed a preliminary application this spring. But yes, yo……Continue Reading June Notes for Watson and Fulbright Applicants
When Things Fall Apart
In the latest novel by Susan Conley ’89, Jill must do whatever she can to hold her family together when a fishing accident disrupts their lives….Continue Reading When Things Fall Apart
Bread Loaf readings and lectures available online
Toni Morrison reading from Song of Solomon? Check. Louise Gluck and Anne Sexton giving poetry readings? Yes! You’ll now find audio and video lectures and readings by Julia Alvarez, John Irving, Tim O’Brien, and more at the Internet Archive (go/ia)…Continue Reading Bread Loaf readings and lectures available online