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Medicine should promote flourishing, not just getting rid of symptoms, says integrative medicine expert

October 9, 2014Last updated October 23, 2014 by Robert Propst

The purpose of medicine is to remove disease, or at least the symptoms of disease. Right? Not according to David Mercier, who currently works as an acupuncture therapist. He claims

Biomedicine grad students deepen compassion through cross-cultural stints

August 19, 2014Last updated September 5, 2014 by Kara Lofton

Graduate students in the medical field do not usually study abroad as part of their collegiate experience. But the two-year-old MA in biomedicine program at Eastern Mennonite University is designed

Biomedicine graduate program names first ‘scholar-in-residence’ – Joseph Longacher, MD

August 4, 2014Last updated August 28, 2014 by Steve Shenk

The graduate program in biomedicine at Eastern Mennonite University has appointed its first “scholar-in-residence.” He is Joseph Longacher, a physician who spent most of his career in Richmond, Virginia. Since

Cadaver dissection gives EMU pre-med and biology students big advantages in medical school

EMU’s Cadaver Dissection Gives Pre-Med Students Big Advantage

November 12, 2012Last updated June 26, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

After some preliminary classroom lectures and PowerPoints, it was time for Jason Hostetter ’07 and a handful of other upper-level EMU biology students to get down to business in a

Succumbing to EMU’s Magnetism, Once, Twice, Thrice

October 25, 2012Last updated November 9, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

If Joelle Hackney had had her way when she was 18, she would have started college 2,400 miles from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), at Humboldt State in Arcata, California. But

MA in Biomedicine at Eastern Mennonite University

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The MA in biomedicine at EMU is for people who want to prepare for acceptance into medical school, to teach at community college, or work in healthcare administration.

Life’s a Swamp

January 20, 2012Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

For 2008 Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alum Adam Brown, his working environment is not a day at the beach or a walk in the park, it’s a swamp. Brown, a

USDA Aids Valley-Grown Blueberries

November 16, 2011Last updated December 6, 2011 by Mike Zucconi

A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help feed an organic blueberry revolution in the Shenandoah Valley. “Sustaining Organic Blueberry Production: Analysis of Practices and Assessing Outcomes,”

Aspiring Doctors Boosted by New MA in Biomedicine

October 7, 2011Last updated June 26, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

Building on the stellar reputation of its undergraduate pre-medical program and Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) global emphasis, EMU will offer an MA in biomedicine beginning fall 2012. The program will

Farm Evolution: Innovation Important for Large and Small

September 22, 2011Last updated September 26, 2014 by Emily Sharrer

Posted with permission from Daily News Record, Sept. 13, 2011 HARRISONBURG – When Matt Lohr, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, decided to open a corn

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