2008 Woodie Awards
Many a student and scientist have grown up looking at the world through a microscope. The indispensible tool unites investigators around the globe, allowing the infinitesimally small to be viewed by the human eye. As we live in an age in which technology progresses almost as quickly as time itself, it comes as no surprise that the most basic of scientific instruments has finally been updated from the axiomatic "PC" to the "Mac".
This year's annual International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) conference drew over 750 lactation professionals to Las Vegas from July 23 to 27. Featuring over sixty lectures about the clinical practice of lactation consulting and breastfeeding advocacy as well as the societal, economic, and political implications of breastfeeding, the conference was an opportunity for participants to improve their skills, network, and peruse dozens of booths displaying everything from breast pumps, books, and milk supply-boosting medications to innovative baby slings and t-shirts reading "Real Men go to Breastfeeding Conferences.
Summer - a time for beaches, fun, flip-flops, and… research, if you're a science major, that is. Many of us science majors at Stern choose to spend some of the summer conducting laboratory research. This summer, I did my research under the direction of Dr.
The beginning of the new school year means different things to different people. To the members of the Yeshiva University Student Medical Ethics Society (MES), it means beginning to see the fruits of their summer labor. MES is a student run organization which aims to educate and inform the students of Yeshiva University about the relationship between current medical issues and halakha.