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Two Albion Students Contribute to Liver Cancer Research

From left: Jordan Newson, '17, Lawrence Schook, '72, and Nickolas Kinachtchouk, '19

Jordan Newson, '17; Larry Schook, '72, and Nickolas Kinachtchouk, '19
Lawrence Schook, '72, heads a world-class cancer research lab that includes interventional radiologists, oncologists, mouse researchers and a host of other medical professionals. This summer, Schook's team also included Albion students Nickolas Kinachtchouk, '19, and Jordan Newson, '17, who found they could contribute to Schook's breakthrough approach to a cure for liver cancer.

Cardiology and College Credit at Albion's First 'Camp Med'

Albion College hosted its first "Camp Med" in June.

Students at Camp Med 2016

Summer camps have become a part of life for many American teens, an opportunity to hone skills and pursue interests. Albion College's first "Camp Med," held last month, went one step further, giving campers a quarter-unit of college credit in the bargain. Camp Med "Cardiology 101" was three intensive days specifically designed for high school seniors and juniors interested in a medical career.

Flint Pediatrician Discusses Water Crisis with Albion Audience

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician from Flint, Michigan

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrican from Flint, Michigan.
Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Flint pediatrician, never thought her job would entail convincing parents and their kids that the water they drink won't kill them. "Parents tell me they turn on the water and their kids cry. Kids now fear water," said Dr. Hanna-Attisha, the guest speaker Wednesday night for Albion College's Anna Howard Shaw Lecture inside Towsley Lecture Hall. Speaking out, and educating, has become the new normal for Hanna-Attisha, who for nearly a year has been at the center of the Flint water crisis.

Kneen, '16, Spends Summer Researching Cancer at Cleveland Clinic

Kassy Kneen
"I'm very involved in Relay for Life at Albion and raising cancer awareness is very important to me," says Kassy Kneen, '16. For a lot of students, this level of effort in the fight against cancer is all they can do. Kneen, however, spent this past summer in one of the country's premier research centers, the Cleveland Clinic, helping to expand scientific understanding of cancer in order to combat it.

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