“Every time I go into class, my happiness index is at its peak,” says professor Dibyen Majumdar, one of three winners of the 2008 Award for Teaching Excellence.

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Chris Ochoa didn’t expect to watch a six-hour brain surgery in his first week of medical school. If it wasn’t for a new mentorship program in the College of Medicine, he wouldn’t have had the opportunity.

Fatema Photowala, a resident in pulmonary and critical care medicine, works with first-year medical student Meenadchi Chelvakumar.

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When he first started training for the Chicago Marathon, medical student Adam Kost could only run about two miles without stopping. Six months later, he's ready to tackle his first marathon — all for a good cause.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy a five-year grant to identify best management practices for redeveloping brownfield sites, outlining the benefits, then getting this information to the public and policymakers.