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The Class of 2020 has produced wide-ranging reporting on novel coronavirus. Read their work on the Columbia Journalism Medium publication.
Student Work
For her master's project, Claire Marie Porter, '20 M.S., wrote about intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), an under-the-radar disorder that occurs in about one percent of pregnancies and can lead to stillbirth. The story was published on the front page of The Washington Post's Health and Science section.
Livia Albeck-Ripka, '17 M.A. Science, published part of her thesis in The New York Times. It examines the effects that climate change has on the mental health of an indigenous community in Canada.
Leila Miller, '17 M.S., produced this story in her investigating health care spring seminar where she found that deaf patients at hospitals lacked the adequate interpreter services during emergencies.
Gilda Di Carli, '16 M.S., published her master's project in WNYC about the New York City public schools system's environmental testing policy and the need for more transparency about its contamination testing results.
Kamala Kelkar, '15 M.A. Science, wrote her Master's Thesis on the use of brain scans in the courts. Her story, "Can a brain scan uncover your morals?" was published by The Guardian.
Cassandra Basler, '15 M.S., follows two students from the Bronx as they decide if an intrauterine device (IUD) is right for them, a device that has become the frontline recommendation for teens nationwide.