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Cynthia Furse’s teenage daughter was skilled in math and science and had voiced an interest in engineering. But based on a career aptitude test that showed she liked helping people...

There have been more medical advances since World War II than in all of history – achievements driven by basic research at academic medical centers, which must rise again to...

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Animated, criss-crossing the auditorium and filling the room with praise, Michael Porter, Ph.D., seemed more like a coach pumping up his team before the big game, than a Harvard Business...

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Academia is hierarchical, a space where faculty are judged by the size of their NIH grants and research portfolios. But entrepreneurs can have just as great an impact on patient...

Suleika Jaouad's future was exceptionally bright. She had just graduated from Princeton, moved to Paris and was on her way to northern Africa to launch her dream of becoming a...

How can the field of medicine eliminate waste when students aren't being trained on the best practices to do so? Dr. Vineet Arora tells us about the Choosing Wisely Challenge...

Academicians are rational, educated and evidence-driven beings who'd like to think they're beyond bias ? or at least, that they can put it aside.

In an environment threatened by less funding, academic medical centers across the nation risk having to shift their research missions from "advancing science" to "preserving science." Speakers from 5 university...

Years ago, as part of a social psychology experiment at Princeton Theological Seminary, a group of divinity students were told to practice a sermon.

How we communicate evolves as we learn, grow and become more sophisticated. The same scientists whose scholarly beginnings started with "See Spot Run" or "Green Eggs and Ham" publish papers...

With the Sunshine Act, even in the months leading up to its passage, the number of financial disclosures required of researchers and physicians exploded. Here's just a small sample of...

Founded by Salman Khan in 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit provider of online educational resources for many topics. About 18 months ago, and with insight from the 2012 AAMC...

Founded by Salman Khan in 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit provider of online educational resources for many topics. About 18 months ago, and with insight from the 2012 AAMC...