Friday, August 12, 2016

Pre-Health Common Read: When Breath Becomes Air

This summer, Pre Health Advisors introduced a common reading book at all
1st year and transfer orientation sessions. Join the incoming class of Pre Health Hoos in reading
#1 New York Times Bestseller,  


"When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naive medical student "possessed," as he wrote, "by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life" into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally to a patient and new father confronting his own mortality." 

Stay tuned for Fall 2016 Pre Health Hoo Common Reading discussion groups!