It’s important to stay abreast with politics and news, and so many people would agree. So why do so many of us seem so ignorant of what is going on in this country? It is one thing to have a personal philosophy from which you intentionally preclude yourself from politics and keeping up with…
Michigan courtrooms heard the testimonies of 160 women in the week leading up to Jan. 24th, all in connection to a single trial: the conviction of Dr. Larry Nassar. His career began in 1978 when he worked as a student athletic trainer receiving a varsity letter in women’s artistic gymnastics at North Farmington High…
The amount of Americans that have to google the word “opioid” to find out what exactly this class of drugs includes is decreasing as the addiction epidemic across the U.S. rapidly filters into more neighborhoods, schools and towns. As reported by The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of opioid-related overdoses…
On Thursday and Friday, Hope College’s Natural and Applied Sciences Division will welcome Dr. Peter Agre, as he headlines the annual Gentile Interdisciplinary Lectureship. Agre studied chemistry at Augsburg College and medicine at John Hopkins. Agre went on to join John Hopkins School of Medicine faculty in 1984 and eventually went on to become…
Hope College’s Dr. Temple Smith explores college-aged populations and the impact of childhood poverty on aspirations. Dr. Smith is dedicated to mentoring undergraduate students and addressing systemic educational inequities among college populations. Smith is an assistant professor of sociology and social work. She attended Michigan State University, where she received her B.A. and PhD in…