The Road Less Taken: Nontraditional Medical Students Make the Grade Max Aguilera-Hellweg published nearly 90 photographs of surgeries in his book "The Sacred Heart."

Moving to a Different Beat: HIPHOP Is More Than Just Music for RWJMS Students Imagine living in a housing project about to be torn down in mere hours; being pregnant, alone, and afraid; or not knowing where your next meal is going to come from. These scenarios - the reality of life for far too many of our nation's citizens - are ones that many would just as soon forget. Not Jennifer Sherr.

SPOTLIGHT: Group on Student Affairs-Minority Affairs Section The AAMC's 12 professional development groups are the point of entry for many AAMC constituents. Each month this year, the AAMC Reporter will describe a group's activities.

Not Your Father's Classroom: Schools Shape Learning Spaces Around New Curricula Loyola University of Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine incorporates a three-story, sky-lit central commons area that is the medical school's core and a widely used gathering place for students and faculty.

Like Nothing on Earth: A Doctor Records His Experiences Aboard Mir As a U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut, Jerry Linenger, M.D., Ph.D., has learned to work under extreme conditions.

The Caring Side of Medicine: Reaching Out to Communities Calcutta, India: Women line up outside the doors of a health care clinic early in the morning in the hopes of being seen by a physician. The clinic, which operates three days a week, is run by Indian doctors with the help of volunteers from around the world.

Emily C. Culbert, Third-year medical student University of Washington School of Medicine

This series features photographs from medical students and residents selected as winners of the AAMC's 2000-2001 photography contest, "The Caring Side of Medicine: Reaching Out to Communities."

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