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Share The two University of Pennsylvania seniors met during their first week on campus freshman year, both living in the Quad’s Ware College House, both planning to major in neuroscience and minor in chemistry, and both on their way to hoped-for careers in medicine. “I started seeing Amanda in all my classes, in fact in every single one, from the big lectures to the small writing seminar. And I was thinking, ‘Are you following me?’ Everyone is looking for a friend, and I was lucky to ha...

After a year of life amid the coronavirus pandemic, many Penn State students continue to feel alone and isolated. Erika Saunders, a professor of psychiatry and chair of psychiatry and behavioral health, stressed the importance of a student’s well-being and cited art as a way to help relieve stress. Saunders obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan before going to the University of Iowa for medical school. She returned to Michigan to complete her psychiatry training w...