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Poetry of and from the heart: cardiologist Joseph Gascho ’68 brings new perspectives of medicine, healing to Homecoming

September 27, 2015Last updated October 13, 2015 by Walt Wiltshek

Contract, pump, relax, fill. The heart takes blood in, then pumps it back out through the body, with life in each heartbeat. Joseph Gascho notices these patterns in his work

Bioethicist Sigrid Fry-Revere, who investigated Iran’s kidney donor system, advocates for living donors

September 24, 2015Last updated September 29, 2015 by Robert Propst

Iran’s waiting list of organ donors is in stark contrast to the donor shortage in the United States, where, on average, one American dies every hour for lack of a

Author Todd Wynward shares a wild way of discipleship, more ‘earth-honoring, empire-resisting, despair-erasing’

September 23, 2015Last updated October 8, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Wilderness lovers, sustainability advocates, farmers, writers, educators and seminarians – Todd Wynward’s message, shared during a series of events from Oct. 1-7 at Eastern Mennonite University, will appeal to anyone

Bioethicist and living donor advocate Sigrid Fry-Revere challenges the current organ donor system with questions about why Iran’s system is more responsible and ethical

September 15, 2015Last updated September 23, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

When bioethicist and living donor advocate Sigrid Fry-Revere learned in 2007 that Iran was the only country in the world that had solved the need for organ donors in a

VCU gastroenterologist is the first of many experts to present at 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series

September 3, 2015Last updated September 16, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Scott Matherly, MD, an expert on cirrhosis, liver transplantation and liver cancer, will be the first speaker in the 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series at Eastern Mennonite University. Matherly will

George Mason University neuroscientist’s research uses computer modeling to ‘map’ Parkinson’s disease

April 7, 2015Last updated April 29, 2015 by Robert Propst

No organ can even compare to the complexity of the human brain. It may be the only thing in the universe that can comprehend itself, but scientists still know very

Liberty University immunologist says a passion for discovery guides his life’s work in research and education

March 25, 2015Last updated April 7, 2015 by Robert Propst

The human body has an amazing ability to recover from and prevent infection. When viruses and bacteria attack, a variety of infection-fighting cells, or immune cells, defend the body. These

Lack of expert healthcare may increase self-responsibility, says hospital leader Jim Krauss in Suter Science lecture

March 11, 2015Last updated March 31, 2015 by Robert Propst

If you had no access to a clinic or hospital of any kind, would you live your life differently than you do now? Would you try to maintain a healthier

‘Where are my keys?’ Cognitive psychologist discusses reliability and memory models in Suter Science Seminar

February 27, 2015Last updated March 16, 2015 by Robert Propst

Memory is an amazing power. Humans can relive past events by simply willing them to come to mind. But as vivid and fascinating as memory can be, how precise is

Psychiatrist connects deep, meaningful connections with God, each other, to healthier minds, healthier communities

February 19, 2015Last updated February 24, 2015 by Robert Propst

As knowledge in the field of neurobiology advances, the human mind can be increasingly described by science and decreasingly explained by faith. Psychiatrist Curt Thompson shattered this notion during a

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