Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2011;24(1):21–26 I n his defi nitive history on the early days of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, Alan Chesney wrote of Mary Elizabeth Garrett as follows: “For to this lady, more than any other single person, save only Johns Hopkins himself, does the School of Medicine owe its being” (1). Strong words indeed, and doubly important because of the truth they convey. Mos...

Recognizing known faces of possible speakers at the train station is usually how the journey to the outstanding Bürgenstock conference starts, now held in the majestic village of Brunnen, Switzerland (Fig. 1). Tradition dictates that the programme remains a mystery until the beginning of the conference and that speakers can only give one plenary lecture during their life-time. The conference is...

The 2-part Education News column, “Upgrading nurse anesthesia educational requirements (1933-2006)” by Betty Horton, CRNA, PhD, was very timely and informative.1,2 Dr Horton succinctly chronicled the historical development of our educational standards and how the consistent elevation of those standards reflects a sustained commitment to excellence. Over the past 2 years, I have practiced anesth...

When Barack Obama became the “first Black President” of the United States in 2008, researchers examined how his election impacted Americans’ views of racial progress. When he was reelected in 2012, the minority status of the president had become less novel. In the present study, we investigated whether perceptions concerning racial progress varied: (1) before and after President Obama’s reelect...

Brenda J. Andrews,* Mark Johnston, R. Scott Hawley, Paul W. Sternberg, Phillip Hieter,** and Tim Schedl, *Editor-in-Chief, G3: Genes j Genomes j Genetics; †Editor-in-Chief, GENETICS; ‡President of the Genetics Society of America, 2010; §President of the Genetics Society of America, 2011, **President of the Genetics Society of America, 2012, and ††Chair, Publications Committee of the Genetics So...

Shown a t the annual Representat ives Dinner of the Westchester chapter , C iv i l Serv ice Employees Associat ion, are , from left: G a b r i e l J . C o r a b e e , Westchester chapter president; R ichard P. Schultz, past president of the W e s t c h e s t e r chapter ; Joseph F. Feily, president of the C iv i l Serv ic Employees Assoc iat ion; ond M a r g a r e t W . Trout, past president of...

William G. Bowen is President Emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, former president of Princeton University and founding chairman of ITHAKA.1 Over his long career he has enriched academic (and general) community with contributions on topics such as class inequalities in higher education, college sports at all levels, and completion rates in higher education. He also gave a very valuable...

The Office of Inspector Generals completed its first session as well in December. Afghanistan’s President Karzai’s security detail will also be returning this spring for another week of leadership training through the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI). Neil Kerwin was inaugurated as AU’s 14 president on February 8, after spending the past two years as acting presid...

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