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Science Corner: Health on the Range

January 18, 2017 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

In a week when national health care legislation is being substantially revised comes a report on health disparities between rural and urban Americans. While all-cause mortality has been declining, rural communities are seeing slower rates of improvement than urban communities, resulting in a substantial difference in mortality rates. The report focuses on 5 leading causes of death--heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke--and discusses risk factors that differ between … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Health on the Range

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Science and Faith Tagged With: health, healthcare, insurance, rural, science, science corner, urban

Science Corner: Dr. Internet, MD

October 19, 2016 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

It's 3am. You wake up hot and clammy. A cactus withered and died in your mouth. Joints you never knew you had scream for WD-40. Breathing hurts. Blinking hurts. You can feel your fingernails growing, and that hurts. Did you get the flu? Zika? Are you patient zero for the latest emerging plague? You could go see a doctor, but you're a graduate student with rudimentary health insurance whose coverage documentation you barely skimmed because c'mon, you're young and healthy and you don't plan on getting sick--no, you don't … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Dr. Internet, MD

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: artificial intelligence, diagnosis, health care, healthcare, medicine, science, science corner

Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

August 16, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

  Image by Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process, and shared about that application process here. Here, she shares  some of the things she found most helpful while in transition between undergraduate and graduate studies.   … [Read more...] about Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, Clinical Psychology, college transition, Expressive Art Therapy, grad school, graduate school, gratitude, healthcare, mentors, transition, vocation

Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

June 30, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

Image: Painting by author Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process. Here, she shares the story of discerning which graduate program she was called to, including how her carefully planned graduate school search process yielded a surprising—and satisfying—result. … [Read more...] about Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Science and Faith Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, college transition, grad school, graduate school, healthcare, mentors, vocation

Browning’s “Karshish the Arab Physician”

May 29, 2016 by Mark Hansard Leave a Comment

Mark Hansard shares another exploration of faith in Victorian literature. See previous posts exploring  Browning and faith  and Gerard Manley Hopkins  and how  aesthetic experience can point to God.   … [Read more...] about Browning’s “Karshish the Arab Physician”

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: death, German Higher Criticism, healthcare, Karshish the Arab Physician, Lazarus, medicine, poetry, resurrection, Robert Browning, science

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