A Dollhouse, a Sweater, Poems and Paintings: Medical Campus Creativity on Display at 35th Annual Art Days

Fifth-year MD/PhD student Kristen Segars has knitted hundreds of items in the three years since she joined a Medical Campus knitting club. Her palette tends toward bright colors like the explosion of patterns and color in the knit dress she hung at the 2023 Art Days, an annual two-day exhibition of student, faculty and staff […]

U.S. Medical Students, Residents Receive Limited Training on Treating Current and Formerly Incarcerated

Nearly 2 million Americans currently reside in jails or prisons, and another 4 million are involved in the criminal legal system under forms of community supervision such as parole and probation. There is a link between incarceration and chronic health issues; and the population involved in the U.S. justice system faces significant chronic health conditions, […]

Student-Led Cooking Class Teaches Medical Students How to Prepare Healthy, Economical Dishes

Second-year student Aryan Wadhwa (second from left) and first-year student Giulio Cataldo (middle) lead cooking class for medical students For the first half of his life, Aryan Wadhwa lived in Toronto, Canada. Then, his family moved to Austin, Texas, which bills itself as the live music capital of the world and touts its barbecue and […]