During his 2008 run for office, President Obama pledged to recognize the Armenian Genocide, the mass killing of over 1.5 million ethnic Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and other ethnic groups by the Ottoman...

Less than ten hands go up in a sea of listeners. Dr. Snyder, Professor and Chair of Genetics at Stanford University, asked the audience to raise their hands if they wanted a free genetic diagnosis that...

In my younger years, I marveled at genius: the speed of a piano player’s nimble fingers, the person who could be an intern, a student and a musical savant. I was amazed by someone’s ability to do anything...

When I think, I think in English. It was the first language I learned and remains the only one in which I am fluent. Like a trend line through a set of data or a pathway on a map, English helps me form...

If you had asked me a year ago where I thought I’d be next fall, I would have said something along the lines of “a small or midsize school somewhere in California.” By about last November, I’d...

Rolling waves. Beating sun. A complete lack of academic obligation. Can you think of a better way to spend a Monday and Tuesday in May? A year ago, I certainly could. To stressed-out junior me, the...

Last November, Rolling Stone published a piece detailing one UVA student’s horrific and graphic account of being brutally gang raped by members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The story caused protests...

The day Hillary Clinton released a video announcing her intent to run for president, the internet exploded in a flurry of speculation and critique. So I bit; I watched the two minute 15 second video of...

As I sat on the gleaming bleachers aside Davis Field today, I couldn’t help but reminisce about the Friday night football games from this past fall. I watched the football players battle it out on...

In 2000, the United States removed measles from the endemic disease pool category. Because so many people were immune to it due to vaccinations, measles did not infect enough people to continue to circulate...

The bleachers rattled, the gym echoed, and colorful poster boards waved through the air. The electric atmosphere became a backdrop for one of the most memorable nights of high school, and it all happened...

Alright, up 7-5, top of the sixth, man on first and second, one out, two more to win it all. As clouds spread across the sky above Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, PA last August, everyone’s...