Eight medical school graduates from the Central Valley, including two who got undergraduate degrees at Fresno State and Fresno Pacific, learned by simultaneous emails Friday that they have been chosen for medical residency programs in California. Normally the "Match Day" announcements are in-person celebrations, but this year they had to...
These Sunnyside Students All Get College Bids — and Some Go on to Medical School
The Doctors Academy freshmen cluster around tables in a Sunnyside High School science classroom, adding spoonfuls of sugar to a cup of water. Their assignment: Figure out just how much sugar they need to add to make the liquid taste as sweet as 20 ounces of soda pop. Their formulas...
Gov. Brown Signs Bill Supporting a Valley Medical School
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday establishing the San Joaquin Valley Regional Medical Education Endowment Fund. The bill's author, Assemblyman Adam Gray (D-Merced), said in a Facebook post that the fund will provide "a dedicated opportunity for the collection of public and private donations to support the construction and operation of...