Nov 23rd, 2004 · Commentator and medical student Joe Wright is spending more time in the hospital than the classroom these days. Invariably, hospitals appear pretty dull, he observes; but what goes on inside those boring-looking buildings is extraordinary.
Nov 17th, 2004 · Commentator and medical school student Joe Wright muses about the use of placebos to treat adults and children.
Nov 15th, 2004 · Arthur Robinson, who died Oct. 10 at the age of 89, is best known for the "Robinson projection." It was a solution to the "Greenland problem," an age-old cartographers' bugaboo wherein Greenland looks disproportionately large on maps drawn to the most familiar Mercator projection. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Joel Morrison, one of Robinson's former students.
Nov 11th, 2004 · It takes 33 pages to list all the recordings of cellist Janos Starker. After 72 years of playing the cello and instructing students from around the world, he has written a memoir. NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Starker about a life spent in music.
Nov 9th, 2004 · Morehouse College student Darrell Bennett Jr. talks to NPR's Tavis Smiley about his book, Daring to be Different: 25 Tips for a Life of Success. Bennett wrote the book when he was 18.
Nov 9th, 2004 · Noted child psychiatrist Dr. James Comer is among those trying to address the needs of students who are underachieving in the U.S. public school system. He is the creator of the 35-year-old School Development Program, which uses an integrated approach to learning that relies on alliances among parents, educators, policy makers and community members to strengthen the educational environment. Comer also teaches at Yale University's Child Study Center and is associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine. He joins NPR's Tavis Smiley to discuss the state of public education in America and his latest book Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World.
Nov 2nd, 2004 · Soft drinks are being ousted from vending machines in Chicago public schools to help fight against childhood obesity. A new charter school in the city is doing much more, by incorporating physical activity, health education and better nutrition into everything students do as Hear NPR's David Schaper.
Nov 1st, 2004 · As final exams approach for freshman medical students at the University of Maryland, they reflect on what they've learned in the gross anatomy lab. NPR's Melissa Block visits the lab in the second of a series about gross anatomy and body donation.