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Community gathers at convocation
Emily Mann
Associate Editor
As the 2003 opening
academic convocation
came to order, the sup
pressed sound of coughing
was a loud reminder that
school had already been in
session for three weeks.
While this early into the
year many students may
have not yet cracked open
a book or written an essay,
almost all students have
shared germs and caught
the campus cold. Despite
the slight sickness, the
convocation went smooth
ly, providing an interesting
afternoon for many.
The convocation is a cer
emony meant to open the
new academic year. It pro
vided students with a
chance to see their new
administrators and learn
Nuland shares medicine through art
Charles Haslam
Staff Writer
It's safe to say that the
last thing a woman in labor
is thinking about is a
Cezanne painting, and a
man with terminal cancer is
most likely not pondering
Edward Hopper's use of
shadow in "Nighthawks."
The link between medi
cine and art is an unlikely
one.
However, Dr. Sherwin
Nuland, Clinical Professor
of Surgery at Yale
University School of
Medicine, gave a lecture in
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Students enter Dana lobby before opening convocation
about some student pro
grams. It also helped to
open up the "Year of the
Arts" with a conversation
between Dr. Sherwin
Nuland and his wife, a
Guilford college alumna,
Sarah Peterson Nuland.
The convocation was
Dana Auditorium entitled,
"The Artist Looks at the
Doctor: 500 Years of
Observation." Nuland used
art as a historical reference
about the evolution of med
ical knowledge from the
thirteenth century to pres
ent day.
The lecture included a
slide show of paintings
from various times in med
ical history and an explana
tion of the paintings' impor
tance as historical docu
ments.
Nuland said at the begin
ning of his lecture: "medi
cine will always be an art."
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divided into three main
parts: the moment of
silence, (reflecting the
Quaker tradition of the
school,) the academic
speakers, and the conver
sation between the
Nulands and the audience.
While all were invited to
"As an artist and profes
sor of art history I found the
perspective of a doctor to
be unusual and interest
ing," said Adele Wayman,
Professor of Art. "His main
interest was in the content,
i.e. different aspects artists
have chosen to respond to
about doctors throughout
history - the images of the
diseases, treatments of
them, both good and bad,
images that showed how
procedures are done."
One of the slides Nuland
displayed was of a Rafael
painting showing the resur
rection of Jesus, and his
attend, the first-year stu
dents were required to go.
The actual ceremony last
ed over an hour and some
found the whole thing to be
a little tiring.
"I would have still gone if
it wasn't required [but] I felt
the topic of the conversa
tion between the Nulands
was rather random at some
points. I was pretty lost,"
said first-year Rachael
Porre.
Other students found the
whole event more pleas
ing.
"I thought it was very
interesting the way [Dr.
Sherwin] answered the last
question," said second
year Laura Foltz. "The one
about limits between
empathy and knowledge,
how he said empathy was
knowledge and it was wis-
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Dr. Sherwin Nuland
disciples looking up to
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