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Jordan Johnson attends “From Physics Through Biology to Medicine” at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program.

Jordan Johnson attends “From Physics Through Biology to Medicine” at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program.

Jul 30, 2024 | News

Jordan quickly settled in, connected with a diverse variety of students, and learned unique concepts he had never experienced before. “The opportunity to meet so many new people from diverse places and backgrounds has been incredibly enriching,” Jordan says.

Zoya Chowdhury studies Surface Chemistry at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program.

Zoya Chowdhury studies Surface Chemistry at the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program.

Jul 30, 2024 | News

Zoya says that she has been “captivated by the subject matter,” and has been really enjoying the lab work sessions.

Ahmik Ahmed studies Biology and Its Modern Applications at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program.

Ahmik Ahmed studies Biology and Its Modern Applications at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program.

Jul 28, 2024 | News

During his first week, Ahmik enjoyed exploring the campus and learning interesting facts about the university.

Sydney Davis attends the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop.

Sydney Davis attends the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop.

Jul 28, 2024 | News

During her first week of the course, Sydney spent time reading and annotating passages from the Kenyon Review. “The pieces we’re reading range from essays and poems to short stories,” Sydney explains.

Tanya Arun studies Foundations of Psychological Research at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program.

Tanya Arun studies Foundations of Psychological Research at the University of Chicago Summer Immersion Program.

Jul 28, 2024 | News

Tanya Arun reports on her virtual course “Foundations of Psychological Research” from the University of Chicago. Tanya spent her first week learning about the sub-fields of psychology, animal models, and research methods.

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“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

— W. Clement Stone

“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.”

— Albert Camus

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

— Winston Churchill

“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

— Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

— Aristotle

“To know a man’s library is, in some measure, to know a man’s mind.”

— Geraldine Brooks, March

“Nothing is at last sacred but the quality of your own mind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

— Rene Descartes

“Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.”

— Frank McCourt

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their
opinions, they cease to be mind.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

— Aristotle

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“All the resources we need are in the mind.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, October 1915

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

— George Santayana

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

— Khalil Gibran

“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity.”

— Edmund Burke

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”

— Plutarch

“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.”

— George Bernard Shaw
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