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  • Keisha Ray Keisha Ray explores intersections across bioethics and humanities in virtual discussion

    Keisha Ray, PhD, participated in a plenary session of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) 22nd Annual Conference...

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  • The House of God by Samuel Shem McGovern Center course features author in discussion

    The McGovern Center’s fourth-year elective, Humanistic Elements of Medicine includes three weeks of graduate-style humanities seminars with Center faculty. During...

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  • Life & Work Nathan Carlin releases new interviews for Life & Work

    Two new episodes are now available for Life & Work, a podcast-like series hosted by Nathan Carlin, PhD. In each...

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  • Award Winners McGovern Center names winners of the 2020 Karff Chair Awards

    The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics (McGovern Center) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Karff Chair...

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  • Humanities in Dermatology Elective Dermatology blue book elective featured in Scoop

    The Humanities in Dermatology is the latest blue book sponsored by the McGovern Center and a collaborative offering with McGovern...

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  • Medical Humanities: An Introduction Medical humanities textbook to be translated

    Coauthored by Thomas Cole, PhD, Nathan Carlin, PhD, and Ronald Carson, PhD, Medical Humanities: An Introduction was published by Cambridge...

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  • Human Ties Spring 2020 Human Ties returns with special issue

    Launched in Fall 2018, Human Ties Digest has released a special issue in honor of the McGovern Center’s 15th Anniversary....

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  • Andrea Jain Andrea Jain talks pain, stigma, and yoga

    The McGovern Center’s humanities programs for dental and medical students welcomed Andrea R. Jain, PhD, for the Spring Humanities Dinner...

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  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Medical humanities students named fellows

    Seven students from McGovern Medical School were named recently as members of the 2019-2020 class of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship...

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  • Keisha Ray Keisha Ray interviewed about race and gender

    Keisha Ray, PhD, was interviewed recently on the question of what doctors are doing about racial bias in healthcare. In...

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  • Anisha Somani Medical humanities student receives award for excellence

    Anisha Somani is pursuing an MD/MPH dual-degree at McGovern Medical School and the School of Public Health.  A member of...

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  • Ryan Cassidy Medical humanities student coauthors paper on stress

    Ryan Cassidy is a participant of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration and is a dual-degree student pursuing an MD/PhD through...

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  • Year in Review 2018 McGovern Center electives and programs featured in Year in Review

    McGovern Medical School’s annual Year in Review, At the Epicenter of Trauma, features several offerings of the McGovern Center. “Medical...

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  • Human Ties Spring 2019 issue Human Ties returns with second issue

    Human Ties returns with its second issue, the Spring 2019 Digest. The overarching theme of this issue is “personal narrative”...

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  • Music sheet Austin Wang performs for humanities course project

    Humanistic Elements of Medicine is a fourth-year elective offered by the McGovern Center. By the end of the course, students...

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  • Texas Heart Institute Journal Piece by Michael Lehner published in Texas Heart Institute Journal

    Fourth-year medical student and medical humanities program member Michael Lehner published recently in the Texas Heart Institute Journal. The piece...

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  • Ryan Cassidy Medical humanities student Ryan Cassidy publishes first-author paper

    Ryan Cassidy is an MD/PhD student of the McGovern Medical School and the MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical...

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  • Gold Society Medical Humanities students inducted into honor society

    On March 25, the Gold Humanism Honor Society hosted an induction ceremony for the new member of 2019 joining the...

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  • Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones) Personal narrative published in medical humanities journal

    Jonathan Xian publishes personal narrative in Hektoen International.

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  • McGovern Day Kathrine McGovern joins McGovern Day celebration

    McGovern Day celebration welcomes special guest, Mrs. Kathrine McGovern.

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  • Classroom photo New program in Medical Humanities a collaboration between Rice and McGovern

    Humanities students of Rice University will gain access to the medical humanities through the McGovern Center and McGovern Medical School.

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  • Human Ties Inaugural Issue Cover Human Ties Digest featured in Scoop

    First issue of Human Ties Digest discussed in Scoop.

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  • Human Ties Inaugural Issue Cover First issue of Human Ties Digest released

    The inaugural issue of Human Ties Digest released for Fall 2018.

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  • Humanities in Film movie covers Humanities in Film series covered in Scoop

    Student-led blue book elective, Humanities in Film, subject of Scoop story.

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  • Year in Review 2017 Center programs featured in 2017 Year in Review

    Arts & Resilience and Anson Koshy's photography course are featured in Finding the Silver Lining.

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  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Medical Humanities students receive Albert Schweitzer Fellowships

    Two students of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration named Albert Schweitzer Fellows.

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  • Lawrence Lin Medical Humanities student receives travel award to present at regional meeting

    Lawrence Lin receives a travel scholarship to present at the 2018 SGEA Meeting.

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  • Journal of Medical Humanities Woods Nash edits special issue of Journal of Medical Humanities

    Special issue of Journal of Medical Humanities on mental illness, edited by Woods Nash.

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  • David Savage David Savage publishes story from Hurricane Harvey

    MD/PhD student David Savage publishes Hurricane Harvey story in AAMC blog.

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  • Sacred Sites of Houston elective session Sacred Sites of Houston elective series featured in campus publications

    Campus news story by Jonathan Garris discusses Sacred Sites of Houston elective.

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  • Graduate of 2017 Graduates of 2017 honored at annual banquet

    Annual graduation banquet honors 16 graduates of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration.

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  • Novel of a Short-Sighted Adolescent Book review by Bryan Rennie quotes Nathan Carlin

    Review from the Los Angeles Review of Books references Nathan Carlin.

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  • JGIM logo Collin Mulcahy and Woods Nash publish in JGIM

    Essay by Collin Mulcahy and Woods Nash published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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  • Student Projects Medical Humanities students present at poster session

    Scholarly Concentrations Program's Poster Session features work by Medical Humanities students.

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  • Humanities Holiday Reception Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration hosts holiday reception

    The Center held recently its annual holiday reception for medical humanities students.

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  • Thomas Cole Thomas Cole to participate on panel about humanities, medicine, and STEM

    An upcoming panel discussion on "Humanities, Medicine, and STEM" will include Center director, Thomas Cole.

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  • ASBH McGovern Center involved in national conference

    Staff and faculty present at ASBH.

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  • Kevin MD Medical Humanities student publishes reflection piece

    Enstin Ye published recently, "When Compassionate Care Isn't Truly Compassionate."

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  • Climate Change McGovern Center sponsors new blue book electives

    New blue books offered by the Center.

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  • 2015 Graduation Banquet Graduation Banquet hosted for Class of 2015

    Medical humanities graduates honored at annual banquet.

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  • Center Logo Monthly Movie Night kicked off in November 2014

    Monthly Movie Night launched as new educational opportunity for UTHealth students.

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  • Rebecca Lunstroth Rebecca Lunstroth visits Baylor University

    Center Assistant Director gives talk about Affordable Care Act at Baylor University.

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  • ASBH McGovern Center members present at ASBH

    Nathan Carlin and other Center members presented at the ASBH Annual Meeting.

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  • Center Logo Welcome Reception hosted for Scholarly Concentration participants

    Medical Humanities program welcomes students with annual reception.

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  • Bryant Boutwell Bryant Boutwell discusses the importance of medical humanities

    Recent talk on the importance of medical humanities to medical education presented by Bryant Boutwell.

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  • Nathan Carlin Nathan Carlin to present at Medical Speaker Conference

    Rice University's Second Annual Medical Speaker Conference will feature Nathan Carlin.

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