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Nowruz: Beginning of the Spring, Start of the Year

May 12, 2022

In most countries, including the U.S., people celebrate the start of the new year on Jan. 1, in the middle of the winter. However, there are some countries around the world where their new year starts in the middle of March, which would be the start of the spring. To be more precise, it is […]

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The Return of a Collective Match Day

April 6, 2022

In the middle of January 2022, as Omicron surged, the Johns Hopkins Medical Student Senate (MSS) had to face the possibility that Match Day might be virtual for the third year in a row. On Match Day, which occurs yearly on the third Friday in March, fourth-year medical students learn where they will train for […]

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