Impact: Weill Cornell Medicine Magazine

The summer 2024 issue of Impact, Weill Cornell Medicine’s bi-annual magazine, features Science Over Stigma — by probing the physical cause of obesity, researchers have repudiated harmful misconceptions, leading to new, highly effective medications.

Other stories include:
• The Sounds of Science — how insights from ornithology, coupled with advances in AI, could enable doctors to screen for disease using the human voice
• Bones’ Secret Cells — lab research reveals connections between bone stem cells and a surprising array of conditions, including cancer
• Equal Risk — does race have a role in calculations of health risks?
• Gut Check — new evidence shows that a bacterium found in the gut of livestock could be a trigger of multiple sclerosis in humans

Read the new issue of Impact magazine on the Weill Cornell Medicine website.

Cover story illustration by Bryce Wymer. Additional illustrations by Hvass & Hannibal, Shonagh Rae, Eglé Plytnikaité, Anatomy Blue and Nigel Buchanan.

Stevens Institute of Technology

The spring 2024 issue of Stevens Indicator, the alumni magazine for Stevens Institute of Technology, explores the perils and promise of AI. Also featured: how to build an ethical aquarium, finding community through student clubs, research into abusive management practices, a senior design project on wearable technology, and a Stevens professor’s invention from the 1900’s.

Cover story illustration by Marysia Machulska. Additional illustrations by Francesco Zorzi, Chris Bianchi, David Plunkert and Chad Hagen.

University of Maryland School of Nursing Magazine

The University of Maryland’s School of Nursing spring 2024 alumni magazine, NURSING FOR/UM, focuses on the school’s innovative solutions to develop nurses who are prepared to adapt to the changing demands of the profession. Other stories include: research on the value of shared decision-making for maternity care and how UMSON is making a difference in community-based health care.

Cover story illustration by Anthony Zinonos. Maternity care illustration by Michelle Mildenberg Lara.

New Book for Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Skin and Its Contents, The History of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins, is a 228-page casebound book that traces the history, evolution and achievements of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Highlights include the founding of the department in 1889, key players who paved the way for the discipline, the effort it took to create the department, groundbreaking research and discoveries, and advancement in transplantation and surgical techniques. Compelling artwork by Valerie Chang for the cover and section dividers provides a visually rich overview of the department’s achievements from the last 135 years.

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“We’ve made and maintained a name in this field because we’ve always looked forward. I can’t imagine that ever changing.”

— Dr. Richard Redett, director of the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business Magazine

Mendoza Business, the magazine for University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, features:

Head, Heart & Hands: Mendoza’s research seeks business solutions for human problems.

Through the Lens: a photo essay of MBA students working on solutions to food insecurity, common in Appalachia.

Grow Irish: graduate business students take to the “field” to offer business advice to alumni partners.

A Habit of Vision: a program that blends economics and theology to help students discover a meaningful life in business.

Cover story illustration by José Saccone.

York College of Pennsylvania Alumni Magazine

York College’s spring magazine cover story highlights the school’s efforts to help students complete their degree instead of quitting college. A second feature focuses on the College’s contribution to the region’s growth in technology firms.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Breakthrough Journal

The summer 2024 issue of Breakthrough, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s research journal, reports findings that patient exams are most effective when there is direct communication. ”’Unfortunately, the most effective agenda-soliciting questions are used least frequently by clinicians.’ The result? Patients leave their visit without getting important concerns addressed.” Also in this issue: researchers at the Human Aging Project aim to dramatically improve life for many older adults by employing high-tech engineering solutions and a program that provides Johns Hopkins clinicians with creative ways to bolster the patient/family experience.

Read the new issue on the CIM website.

Carlson School of Management Alumni Magazine

The Spring 2024 cover story of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management alumni magazine introduces a building project that will transform school spaces.

Also in this issue:

Into the Drink
How one class project became a growing business with a storied past and a bright future.

Trail of Transformation 
The China Executive MBA community completes life-altering experiences in the challenging terrain of the Gobi Desert.

All the News Fit to Print
After building one of the largest, most diverse newsrooms in the state, an MBA student is making headlines of his own.