The latest in patient-simulation technology allows medical students to look at the human body in ways they haven't been able to before. Still, some educators find that even today's advanced mannequins—even the pregnant ones—lack the crucial feel of a real cadaver. Mercy College, a private, multi-campus college in New York state, recently built the Health […]

With more than a billion daily users sharing Stories across Facebook’s networks—Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp—the format, first introduced by Snapchat in 2013, is becoming the most popular way to consume organic or paid content on social media platforms. Expiring by default in 24 hours after they are published, Stories are impossible to ignore […]

Today's college students face stress everywhere they turn, from friend and roommate tensions to financial strains and fear of becoming a victim of school violence. Consider these stats: Nationwide, more than 8 in 10 college students report feeling overwhelmed, and the average student waits two weeks for a college counseling center appointment, according to a […]

A public healthcare crisis thrust Southern Methodist University into the spotlight in September when a Liberian man visiting Dallas was diagnosed with the Ebola virus. The hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan was treated and later died—Texas Health Presbyterian—is less than four miles from SMU’s campus. It’s a facility where students are transported for emergency medical […]