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As the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics unfolds today in London, UC Berkeley has already hit a golden moment: With 45 participants, it has more student-athletes, coaches, alumni and other members of the campus community at the games than any other public school in the nation.

Natalie Coughlin and Coach Terry McKeever Swimming

Nathan Adrian Swimming

Zach Vlahos Mens Crew (coxswain)

Caitlin Leverenz Swimming

Alysia Montanyo (alum) Track

More videos of Cals 2012 Summer Olympians

And among both public and private schools nationwide, UC Berkeley is No. 2 only to the University of Southern California (USC), which has sent 46 representatives to London for the 19 days of competition, according to data compiled by Cal Athletics. UC Berkeleys number is nearly the same as it was at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when it had 46 participants.

The 2012 total includes 38 athletes, five coaches, one chief medical officer and one event manager. The Cal contingent features athletes and coaches in 10 different sports mens basketball, mens and womens rowing, mens and womens swimming, mens and womens track and field, mens and womens water polo and womens soccer.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A massive mural that graced Cleveland's long-gone Lincoln High School hasn't seen the light of day in 35 years.

Two alumni plan to change that.

The quest to resurrect Clevelander William A. Krusoe's "The Spirit of Education" began in 2004, as graduates Janice Lukas and Robert Pearl reminisced about the iconic 1939 oil-on-canvas mural commissioned as part of President Roosevelt's Works Project Administration.

The full-color mural contains interwoven scenes of athletes, artists, scientists, educators and others across a vertical canvas about half the size of a tennis court.

The Class of 1966 lockermates wondered what happened to the mural that filled the school's foyer for four decades until Lincoln was razed in 1977. Pearl and Lukas made a pact to find out.

"Both of us agreed that it would be an atrocity if no one ever got to see something as magnificent as that mural again," Pearl said.

They'd heard a story that before the 3001 Scranton Road building was demolished, Cleveland school officials removed the mural, rolled it up and put it in a storage annex.

Lukas and Pearl assumed that tracking down such a massive piece would be easy. But their sleuthing was stonewalled by the school district.

"They didn't want to talk to us," Pearl said.

Pearl and Lukas canvassed for clues at area schools, universities and libraries. They even sent inquiries to Mayor Frank Jackson, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and former senator George Voinovich.

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COLUMBIA - A ceremony to celebrate the largest grant ever given to the MU School of Medicine will take place Thursday morning. The ceremony will be held from 11:30 a.m. to noon at the MU Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Center in Columbia.

The $13.3 million grant is part of a Health Care Innovation award given through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. It will be used to enhance primary care for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

The grant will help fund a program that combines advanced technology with medical education to provide improved care for patients at a lower cost. MU's program will use advanced health information technology, evidence-based treatment planning, and a specialized workforce to coordinate care for patients and their health care team.

MU Chancellor Brady Deaton, Dean of the MU School of Medicine Jerry Parker and the associate dean for research at the MU School of Medicine Jerry Parker will speak at the ceremony.

The program will train about 420 workers and will create an estimated 30 jobs.

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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Residents are graduates of colleges, universities

DATE POSTED: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:05 AM EDT

Brendan A. Maurice, of Hopewell Borough, received a bachelors degree in psychology from Centenary College in Hackettstown on May 12. The son of Kathleen Bird, of Hopewell Borough, and Arthur J. Maurice, of Glassboro, he will begin his masters degree work in elementary school counseling at Centenary in the fall. He is a 2008 graduate of The Pennington School.

Matthew Schwab, of Titusville, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelors degree in creative writing from Southern Vermont College, Bennington, in May. During the commencement ceremony, he received the William A. Glasser Award. In the spring, he received an academic excellence award in creative writing at the Honors Convocation, and was inducted into the Alpha Chi Honor Society. He is a graduate of South Hunterdon Regional High School and the son of Laura and Bill Martin, of Titusville, and Roger Schwab, of Lambertiville.

Cynthia Chadwell, daughter of Karen and Steele Chadwell of Pennington, received a bachelors degree in philosophy from the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, on May 13. She served as panhellenic representative of the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity. A member of The Lawrenceville Schools Class of 2009, she will pursue her studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in the fall.

Also graduating with a bachelors degree from the College of William and Mary was Kyle Babinowich, of Pennington .

Rachel Jordan, daughter of Marilyn and Jim Jordan of Pennington, is a member of the 2012 graduating class of Boston University School of Medicine. She recently began her residency in pediatrics at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She graduated from Central High School in 2003 and Williams College in 2007.

Hope H. Connolly (valedictorian, HoVal Class of 2005) graduated from Columbia University in May with a maters degree in environmental engineering. She studied water pollution, air pollution, and sustainable energy, while completing research and a thesis in catalytic chemistry. Upon graduation, she began work at a consulting firm in Hartford, Connecticut. A 2009 graduate of Princeton University with a bachelors degree in chemical engineering, she did her senior thesis on the use of depleted oil wells for CO2 sequestration. Before graduate school, she worked at ZS Associates in Philadelphia, conducting data analytics for pharmaceutical clients.

Brian M. White, son of Lee and George White, of Pennington, graduated from Cornell University with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. He is staying at Cornell for another year to study for a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Also graduating from Cornell was Jennifer Jin, of Pennington, who earned a bachelors degree in hotel and restaurant administration.

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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a measure that broadens UCLA's International Medical Graduate (IMG) program by allowing graduates of approved foreign medical schools to engage in "hands-on" training while being instructed in patient care by licensed California physicians.

The measure -- AB 1533, which was authored by Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Culver City) and takes effect in 2013 -- was sponsored by the University of California and the Medical Board of California and passed with unanimous, bipartisan support. It allows medical school graduates of schools in Latin American countries whose curricula meet the Medical Board of California's requirements and who legally reside in the U.S. to acquire the same supervised, interactive experience with patients as current UCLA medical students. Hands-on clinical experience is required to become a licensed physician in California, but these medical school graduates have been restricted to "observer" instruction until later in their medical training than graduates of U.S. medical schools.

UCLA's IMG program, founded in 2006, is a pre-residency program that recruits talented bilingual and bicultural trainees from Latin America. As a condition of the program, the trainees make a two- to three-year commitment to practice in a medically underserved California community. The new law will mean more physicians in the areas of greatest need in California.

Dr. Patrick Dowling, chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and co-founder of the IMG program with Dr. Michelle Bholat, the department's co-chair, cited the example of one graduate of IMG who practices in Tulare County, which is 61 percent Hispanic yet has only 42 Hispanic physicians out of a total of 486.

"In doing so she not only addresses the immense shortage of primary care in the area but bridges the linguistic and cultural barriers that interfere with effective care for so many," Dowling said. "With the newly expanded IMG program, we will have many more trained physicians who can do what she is doing."

Mitchell, whose district includes UCLA, noted that the federal Affordable Care Act mandates health care for millions who are now uninsured, "so we need more physicians coming through California's pipeline who are competent and committed to treat patients whose home language isn't English."

Linda K. Whitney, executive director of the Medical Board of California, said that access to quality care is a primary concern of the Medical Board. "This bill will help increase the placement of bilingual primary care physicians in California training programs," Whitney said. "The Medical Board of California would like to thank Assemblymember Mitchell for carrying this important legislation and the University of California for their support as fellow co-sponsors."

Dr. Cathryn Nation, UC associate vice president for health sciences and services, said the law will benefit underserved communities throughout the state by strengthening the preparation and path to licensure for bilingual physicians who are committed to working in areas of need.

Fifty-four UCLA IMGs currently are serving family medicine residencies in underserved communities in California. (See chart for areas where UCLA IMGs are now serving.) Current and past graduates say the program has been instrumental in helping them achieve their dream of practicing medicine in the United States and helping medically underserved communities. Marcos Uribe, who comes from Mexico and will complete the program in 2013, noted that currently he can only observe and not participate in patients' care, even when the patient speaks only Spanish.

"I'm thrilled that AB 1533 passed, not just for the ways in which it will enhance my own education and training but as one more sign that I am welcome here, and that my contributions both in training and in my eventual career as a doctor are appreciated and needed," Uribe said.

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The Acting Rector at Spbmu at them. I.p. Pavlova, Rams academician Sergey Bagnenko. Illustration: vesti.ru

Students 1-3 course at St. Petersburg State Medical University named after academician i. p. Pavlova since January 2013, will learn on new programmes of General-theoretical disciplines. Correspondent reports BakuToday, about this today, 19 July, at a press conference in Saint Petersburg told the Acting Rector of the Spbmu them. I.p. Pavlova, academician of Russian Academy of medical sciences Sergey Bagnenko.

Bagnenko reported that on the eve of the Russian Ministry of health managers, medical universities, it was suggested that broad statements of programme to standardize them. By 2014, all medical universities of Russia will study new programmes.

Sergey Bagnenko reported that for a single programme to evaluate Russian universities compare programs with programs

The worlds leading medical faculties of universities, Harvard, Oxford, the Sorbonne, Hanover, synchronize and adapt foreign programmes for Russian higher education system. Liberty University will manifest itself in the ability to modify up to 20 percent of unified general theoretical program.

Sergey Bagnenko also endorses one of federal initiatives to consolidate the financial liability of the Student-Alumni site before regions, paying for their education. According to Sergei Bagnenko, there must be a mechanism, forcing the students to observe the rules of the target set, and if the student does not-then he should return the money spent on their training. According to Sergei Bagnenko, its time to build an order for a physician to chief physician clinics with students even 1-2 courses-with future graduates. Bagnenko believes that it is necessary to prevent the so-called professional Burnout of doctors gradually move away from the practice of daily duty, limited to 8-hour shifts, and doctors should not lose pay. Come to the Medical College are always much question-how many then will remain in the profession, says Bagnenko. -It depends on job satisfaction, working conditions, including how the professional burnout is prevented.

Bagnenko reported that in the year 2012 in Spbmu 570 budgetary places filed 10 thousand applications, also in high school still open and 300 contract places demands on the students no lower than requirements for State employees.

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Newswise Tulane University School of Medicine and Johnson & Wales University announced a groundbreaking long-term collaboration that unites doctors and chefs in improving the nations health through the teaching of culinary medicine.

For the first time, a medical school and a major culinary institution plan to implement a fully integrated, comprehensive joint curriculum for doctors, medical students, chefs and the community focused on the significant health role that food choices and nutrition play in preventing and managing obesity and associated diseases in America.

This is an entirely new approach in the training of both physicians and chefs, said Dr. Benjamin Sachs, senior vice president and dean of Tulane University School of Medicine. Our goal is to change the way health practitioners think about food and the practice of medicine. With statistics showing that 65 percent of Americans are overweight and a third are obese, its not enough for doctors to know just the basics of nutrition. They must also learn to translate the science into practical lessons that empower their patients to lead healthier lives.

The initial program, which includes culinary classes for medical students, will be based at Tulane University, with the collaborations long-term goal to establish others first at JWUs flagship campus in Providence, and in the future at JWUs campuses in North Miami, Denver and Charlotte. The comprehensive plan is to include seminars, internships, faculty training, curricular offerings, community outreach, research and, ultimately, the development of a masters degree in culinary nutrition at JWU and a rotation in culinary nutrition for Tulane medical students.

Elevating the overall role of nutrition, including the preparation of nutritious meals is vital in disease management and prevention, said Karl Guggenmos, MBA, AAC, university dean of culinary education, Johnson & Wales University. Our collaboration with Tulane will address many aspects of culinary medicine, including mitigating the risks of food allergies and preparing culturally sensitive nutritious meals, with the long-term goal of improving public health. We will also underscore the central importance of the Culinary Arts in this process, in terms of making healthy food that is also delicious and pleasing to eat.

Several aspects of the collaboration are in place, including: Joint faculty seminars for students at both universities Internships at Tulane for JWUs culinary nutrition students Healthy culinary classes for the New Orleans community involving students from both schools

With chefs and physicians side-by-side in the kitchen, clinic and community, this collaboration offers a unique opportunity for substantive change in the way medicine and the culinary arts are practiced in the United States a major step in attacking the problem of obesity in America.

About Tulane University School of Medicine One of the nation's most recognized centers for medical education, Tulane University School of Medicine is a vibrant center for education, research and public service. Established in New Orleans in 1834, it is the second-oldest medical school in the Deep South and the 15th oldest in the United States. Tulane prepares the next generation of medical professionals to serve their communities as they shape the future of health care. For more information, visit http://tulane.edu/som/.

About Johnson & Wales University Johnson & Wales University (JWU), founded in 1914, is a nonprofit, private, accredited institution with campuses in Providence, R.I.; North Miami, Fla.; Denver, Colo.; and Charlotte, N.C. An innovative educational leader, JWU offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs that inspire professional success and lifelong personal and intellectual growth by integrating arts & sciences and experiential education with leadership and personal development opportunities. In 1998, JWU became the first in the nation to offer a bachelor of science degree in Culinary Nutrition. Today, the program is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, has eight full-time registered dietitians on faculty, and has produced more than 1,000 alumni. For more information, visit http://www.jwu.edu.

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Physicians at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University worked closely with three top scholars from a state university earlier this summer, providing the students with experiences ranging from anesthesiology to robotic surgery.

Sophie Austin, Pooja Sarin and Stuart Bumgarner, Park Scholars at N.C. State University, participated in a multi-week internship this summer involving the Park Scholarship program and the pediatrics and cardiovascular sciences departments at ECU.

Sarin, 21, a rising senior, is the daughter of Sanjiv and Ratna Sarin of Greensboro. Majoring in biomedical engineering, she is a graduate of Western Guilford High School. Bumgarner, 20, a rising junior, is majoring in zoology. Both interned with the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at ECU. There, they practiced working with the robotic da Vinci Surgical System, viewed heart surgeries in the operating room and compiled videos of robot-assisted heart surgeries.

I would say definitely the highlight for me was seeing the mitral valve repair, Sarin said. Ive loved watching the da Vinci, coming from an engineering background.

But the most interesting part has been watching Dr. (W. Randolph) Chitwood interact with patients, she said. Hes so good with patients, and they love him. We always leave laughing.

He tries to bring humor into it, Bumgarner said of Chitwood, a professor and director of the East Carolina Heart Institute. It makes them more comfortable with him and trust him more.

Both said the experience has been worthwhile.

Weve not only gotten to learn a lot about the surgical side, Bumgarner said. Weve gotten to learn about the other fields of medicine such as cardiology and anesthesiology.

Its been pretty eye-opening, Sarin said. Their internship ended Friday.

Austin, 19, is a rising junior at N.C. State. The daughter of Lisa Austin of Eden, she is majoring in biology and plans to enter medical school after graduation. From late May until June 22, she shadowed ECU pediatric faculty members, residents and medical students.

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