Nishad Kosaraju Paul Blom ENGL 105I April 21, 2021 Up for Interpretation “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez about a disheveled man with angel-like wings that appears in a couple’s yard. … Read more

Published in 1843 in The Pioneer magazine, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” is a story on humanity’s struggles with their self-imposed moral laws and their external natural binds. The story revolves around Aylmer, a scientist obsessed with removing a red, hand-shaped … Read more

This journal was filled with so many different perspectives and takes on a wide variety of topics. One poem that stood out to me was In Which I Make the Case I am Not Stupid (the Cognitive Assessment) by Allison Ruvidich. … Read more

It was very interesting to hear this presentation of stories during the Health Humanities Journal exhibition. There was a wide variety of stories tell, but most of them linked their own personal experiences to the health profession. There were stories … Read more

Health Disparities among Rural Populations in North Carolina: The Issues and How to Solve Them Hello, my name is Lukas Sobocinski and today we are going to talk about Health Disparities that affect rural populations of North Carolina and dive … Read more

  Hi everyone, my name is Avni Bannuru, and the title of my presentation is “Lack of Access to Nutrition in Low-Income North Carolina Communities– Implications and Interventions”. North Carolina is the 10th hungriest state in the country, with almost … Read more

Hi, my name is Nishad Kosaraju, and the title of my presentation is “The COVID Financial Injustice of Black Communities.” Today I will be talking about the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on black communities in North Carolina. More … Read more

The diagnosis of a terminal illness is a scary time for thousands of people a year. By receiving such a diagnosis, the end is almost certainly near, and the options for patients are limited. Palliative care is slowly turning into … Read more

Although Americans and Europeans share fairly similar cuisines, American pork recipes may contain an extra sprinkle of carcinogen. Ractopamine, a chemical commonly used in the American pork industry to produce leaner pigs more quickly, is thought to have the potential … Read more

Nearly every person knows a female athlete and, therefore, knows someone who faces a high risk of undergoing an anterior cruciate ligament, ACL, injury. Female athletes have a four to six times greater chance of sustaining an ACL injury than … Read more