I had the honor of speaking at my class’s graduation reception but forgot to say one big thing. As you graduate and head out into the next chapter of your life, remember to wear the Class of 2020 like a badge of honor. I am proud of what we accomplished and even prouder to go […]
Last spring, at an MSL Student Governance meeting, Javier Jara (MSL ‘20) (pictured above), an MSL part-time student who was also a Research Assistant Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine, pitched us on the idea of holding a Symposium to highlight the work of MSL students. He wanted us to have a showcase event […]
I wrote the following piece for my class last term, “Assessing Artificial Intelligence and Computational Technologies,” which was taught by Professor Daniel Linna. In class, we identified and assessed business opportunities and societal risks/benefits associated with AI. We were assigned to write a short essay styled as a blog post on a topic related to […]
Earlier this year, we held the first-ever MSL Goes Social Week, which included a number of activities designed to increase external awareness of the MSL program. One component of the week was a student-inspired social outreach campaign, during which MSL students, faculty, alumni, and staff used social media channels to share thoughts about the MSL […]
Industry Associates Night is always one of the biggest MSL events of the year, but this year, the MSL Program hosted the first ever virtual Industry Associates Night on Friday, April 17, 2020. The event featured seven amazing panelists across a variety of industries, including consulting, privacy, medicine, venture capital, food safety, intellectual property, and […]
I work as the coordinator of a health data project for the Chicago Department of Public Health. My team is going into our sixth week of work from home now, and Chicago as a whole is entering its fifth week of the shelter in place. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster, especially seeing how much the […]
It really sunk in after we sorted through the myriad of administrative emails and news updates: our experience in the MSL Program, at the Northwestern Law School, and in the city of Chicago would never be the same. We suddenly found ourselves Zoom-ing through our last quarter, in an unprecedented way, with the heavy support […]
We often get asked by prospective students: what will my days look like as a student in the MSL Program? To help answer this question, current student Justin Chae (MSL ’20) wrote the following blog post. He wrote this piece just before the MSL Program transitioned to eLearning in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak; […]
“COVID-19 May Have a Disproportionately Heavy Toll on Underserved, At-Risk, and Vulnerable Patient Populations.” While a vast majority of the U.S. population have started working from home and have emptied stores while stockpiling for social distancing, there’s a large group of underserved communities who aren’t able to do this, and thus are at a […]
This past February, Northwestern held the first-ever NU Health Hacks healthcare hackathon at Feinberg’s McGaw Pavilion and the new Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The inaugural event brought Northwestern Pritzker law students together with students from the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Kellogg School of Management, the McCormick School of Engineering, and the Weinberg College […]