Even in a year of a significant deficit, this cut doesn’t make sense. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed 2018-19 state budget would make it harder for minority students to become doctors, with unwanted consequences for them, for patients and for communities.  Learn more.

Stony Brook University School of Medicine has created a new medical training curriculum that enables students to complete their MD degree in three years instead of the traditional four years. The new MD program is the first of its kind on Long Island and only the second one in New York State. Learn more.

As the #OscarsSoWhite social media outcry made Hollywood listen to the call for racial inclusion, the world of medicine has been rallying its own cry for diversity. National initiatives emerge to address the need for more physicians of color.  Learn more.

Medical school for those from underserved communities can seem like an impossible dream. Sebastian Placide was fortunate to get here through a large and varied support network- starting with his grandmother, and leading to his mentors today. His hope is that his story holds valuable lessons for premed students looking for a route to their dreams.  Learn more.

“Ever since I was a kid, I have always been a fan of puzzles. And medicine is the best puzzle I have seen so far,” says Danny Warda. “I have always found it fascinating how living things exist in harmony with each other and maintain a balanced environment.”  Learn more.

New York Medical College was brimming with an abundance of student research which was represented at the 22nd Annual Medical Student Research Forum, filling the Medical Education Center lobby and overflowing into the Basic Sciences Building lobby, on February 8. Learn more.

When Holly Wobma, an MD-PhD student at the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, began her PhD research on stem cells, she had no interest in business-she was a scientist, she thought, and wanted little to do with the commercial side of medicine. But a year into the work, her mindset started to shift.  Learn more.

Julia Schneider, a second-year student at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), is wasting no time pursuing her dream to become a neurosurgeon. “I always knew that I wanted to wake up in the morning or in the middle of the night or at any point in the day and save a person’s life,” she says.  Learn more.

Arno Motulsky, one of the founders of human medical genetics, died on January 17, 2018, at the age of 94 in Seattle.  Learn more.

As hair covered the floor and smiles adorned the many faces of those in attendance, everyone who campaigned for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation knew their hair loss was going towards a greater purpose. Students and faculty took part in having their head shaved on February 28, 2018, at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, in support of those with pediatric cancer.  Learn more.

Getting high school students to stay inside on a warm, sunny afternoon to work on science might sound like an impossible task, but on Feb. 27 dozens of students from public high schools across New York City happily did just that.  Learn more.

“Never kiss your child. Never hold it in your lap. Never rock its carriage.” This parenting advice, from a 1928 guide by psychologist John Watson, is extreme but reflected the authoritarianism that was the norm in parenting guides at the time. Then came Dr. Spock. Learn more.