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Two images that are complex, layered with meaning and scientifically accurate: ‘Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop,’ 1716 oil painting by Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, next to a visual model of an enzyme (PDB 4KO1) bound to its substrate. (Rijksmuseum/Amanda Bongers)

For both artists and scientists, slow looking allows surprising connections to surface

This process of looking and asking questions about what you are looking at is needed at all levels of science, and science students can learn through arts-inspired visual analysis.
An executive order seeks to remove ‘discriminatory ideology’ in universities. Critics contend it politicizes the accreditation process. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez via Getty Images

How proposed changes to higher education accreditation could impact campus diversity efforts

President Trump wants to change the higher education accreditation process by asking accreditors to root out ‘ideological bias’ and roll back DEI initiatives.
A program offers training and education specifically on family medicine from the start of medical school, while bypassing administrative hurdles to residency. (Shutterstock)

Family doctor shortage: Medical education reform can help address critical gaps, starting with a specialized program

Education has a role to play in addressing the shortage of family doctors. A new program is designed specifically for comprehensive, community-based family practice.
Volunteering for global health experience is a common way of gaining clinical observation experiences for medical school applicants. This, and other opportunities to get close to the practice of medicine, also have unintended consequences. (Shutterstock)

‘May cause serious side‑effects’: How medical school admissions can perpetuate inequality and reward privilege

A winning medical school application requires stories about observing clinical care. But applicants’ quests to get clinical experiences have unintended and surprisingly far-reaching consequences.

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