
Medical Students Become Nation's Newest Physicians
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's College of Medicine celebrated a long-anticipated day as it conferred the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees to 61 members of the class of 2016, making them the nation's newest physicians.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Receives Grant to Fund New Mentoring Project
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Division of Student Affairs and Division of Academic Affairs has received an anonymous grant for more than $764,000 to fund a new, comprehensive mentoring program called "The Mentoring Project at ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ," designed to assist with improving student success.

Think Millennials Are the 'Hookup Generation?'
You're wrong, according to a new sex study that really contradicts the widespread notion that Millennials are the "hookup" generation, which is popularized by dating apps like "Tinder" and others.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's OwlThon Raises Record Amount for Charity
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's annual Dance Marathon fundraiser raised a record $188,234.16 for the Children's Miracle Network (CMN).

NIH Awards $2.8 Million to ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Researchers and Collaborators
Researchers will work to define the mechanisms governing how cells decide whether to become a mature cell or whether to die. Their work will shed light on how to make transplantable tissues to cure diseases.

$1.3 Million Grant for New Alzheimer's and Dementia Project
The Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center in ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Lynn College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

#OscarSoWhite Boycott Unlikely to Affect Academy Awards
A boycott of the Academy Awards to protest the lack of racial diversity among the nominees is unlikely to create the change many hoped for, says an ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ professor who has studied boycotts for almost 20 years.

'×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Guardian' to Enhance Student Safety
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Police Department is launching "×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Guardian," a free mobile app that turns any smartphone into a personal safety device.

'Your Friends Were Right! Dating Has Changed You'
Results of a five-year study by ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers tested the hypothesis that adolescents become less similar to their friends and more similar to romantic partners after they start a new romantic relationship.

Study Shows Americans More Politically Polarized than Ever
Results of a study using nationally representative surveys of 10 million U.S. residents show that Americans are not only more politically polarized than ever but that more people identify as independent.