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A student’s warm heart and “amazing” smile
As the 96 members of the Class of 2008 processed to Old Campus for Commencement on May 26, they paused at the corner of...

After a tragedy, the medical school community mobilizes around traffic safety
On the afternoon of May 22, about two dozen students, faculty and staff from the School of Medicine marched from Cedar...

A stroke of luck saves New London patient
When Jeanne Munnelly went for a swim at a high school in East Lyme one August morning, she could not have known she was...
With virtual lives on the line, simulations help responders assess triage systems
Imagine being the first paramedic on the scene after a tanker truck has plowed into a city bus. Traffic is snarled,...

Biologists find molecule that guides axons
Like a complex electronic device, the “wiring” of the nervous system has no tolerance for error. As an embryo develops,...

Bacteria disable immune cells by exploiting a genetic similarity
The bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease and Q fever, both of which are linked to pneumonia, use a clever form of...

After a life in medicine, a career in show business
Brock Lynch, M.D. ’47, had been singing and dancing with the Young@Heart Chorus for almost 10 years when it was written...





