The Record

As Class of 2020 moves in, students share dreams

The Class of 2020, which moved on to campus Thursday, was chosen from 29,200 applicants and represents the largest — and most diverse — in the university’s 163-year history. About 13 percent are Pell grant-eligible.

University community invited to join in ‘reflections’ event Monday

The university will open the academic year Monday, Aug. 29, with a gathering to reflect upon recent tragic events, here and abroad, to consider our roles in the community, and to celebrate our shared core values.

Building better health care

Health-care architecture has long been guided by custom and intuition rather than research. But that’s changing, thanks to the emerging field of evidence-based design, said Xiaobo Quan, director of the university’s new Center for Health Research & Design.

Beneficial role seen for protein associated with mad cow disease

Studying mice and zebrafish, researchers from the School of Medicine and the University of Zurich have shown that the proteins associated with mad cow disease — when properly folded — play a vital role in nerve cell function.

Physical therapy students hold first White Coat Ceremony

For the first time at the School of Medicine, incoming physical therapy students participated in a White Coat Ceremony, a symbolic rite of passage witnessed by family and friends that signifies students’ entry into a health-care profession.