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...shocked silence as Alan Fogelman, chairman of the School of Medicine, outlined a vision of the future: "A tertiary cardiology specialist will be waiting for the phone to ring, but it won't." While it still emphasizes training medical scientists and, in fact, has a new program to attract top-notch students who will commit themselves to research but not practice, UCLA will no longer train students to practice medical "subspecialties," such as cardiology and nephrology. Says Fogelman: "We have told internship applicants during the past two years that UCLA was a great place to be trained as a generalist...
Providence came back to win both games the following day in the championship to claim the title, including a nine-inning 6-2 win in the finale. But the despite that disappointment, it certainly was a top-notch season...
Michigan may have had the Fab Five, but the Harvard women's soccer team had its own top-notch freshman trio...
...reveal what happens, for "The Perez Family" has a nicely constructed and entertaining plot, but the movie's primary pleasures come from the actors and from the incidentals with which director Mira Nair has filled the story. The production design, the cinematography, the costumes and the music are all top-notch--the picture fairly bursts at the seams with wit, radiance and sensuality...
Harvard's present system of awarding Ph.D.s makes it increasingly difficult for the University to attract top-notch doctoral candidates. Once, Harvard's mere name was good enough to ensure the best pool of doctoral candidates. But today, the rampant proliferation of highly specialized programs found at other universities offering integral Ph.D. programs in professional disciplines presents students with well-tailored options suiting their very specific academic and professional interests. Harvard's roundabout way of offering Ph.D.s, by contrast, is seen as less attractive and less cohesive...