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September 17, 2004

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Cell Biology:
Live-cell Studies Pick Up Pattern in Vesicle Traffic

Radiology:
Imaging Method Reveals Which Mice Develop Type 1 Diabetes

Endocrinology:
Fat Hormone Revives Reproductive Systems of Lean Women

Systems Biology
Systems Biology, the New Physiology, Marks First Year at HMS

research briefs
Chemical Staples Turn Flimsy Peptide into Cancer Killer

Female Flies Join Food Fight

Time Zone Controls Limb Size

Images of Rotavirus Entry Show Bug the Exit as Childhood Killer

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 Contract Supports Research in Biodefense Proteomics

HSPH and Cyprus Establish International Initiative

HMS Welcomes Incoming Students

Stearns Appointed Associate Master of Castle

The Myrto Lefkopoulou Lectureship

Applications Wanted for Health Care Research

Longwood Symphony Season Opens

Honors and Advances

In Memoriam:
Leroy Vandam
Leonard Safon
Robert Moylan

In the Community
Students Aid Families with Special-needs Children

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Students Orient Themselves Toward Medicine

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Students Orient Themselves Toward Medicine


Photo by Steve Gilbert


Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services

On Sept. 2, 165 first-year students joined the ranks of doctors-to-be in the White Coat Ceremony at each of the student societies. At right, Milena Petranovic of the Cannon Society gets a hand from Kate Treadway, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Class of 2008, selected from more than 5,300 applicants, is 47 percent female and 53 percent male, and 44 percent are from minority groups. The incoming class includes representatives of 52 undergraduate institutions, 33 states (plus Puerto Rico), and five foreign countries. A pre-orientation program, the First-year Urban Neighborhood Campaign, took place from Aug. 23 to 27, introducing 55 members of the class to outreach opportunities in the Boston area. Student participants worked at six different sites that serve the community. Pictured at right (bottom) is HMS student Munirih Qualls playing with a child at Jamaica Plain's Casa Nueva Vida.