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3 Types of Students Who Should Consider a Joint M.D. Degree 10/03/2016 08:00pm • If you are in the process of applying to medical school, you may have received information from prospective programs about the possibility of applying to a dual-degree or joint M.D. track. Dual-degree programs typically combine your pursuit of an M.D. or D.O. with another master's or doctorate degre 10 Universities With the Biggest Endowments 10/03/2016 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C 8 Habits of Closet Millionaires: How They Quietly Made Their Fortunes 10/03/2016 08:00pm • How did they do it?You hear about it all the time. Some unassuming man or woman passes away, leaving millions of dollars to charity. Neighbors, friends, community leaders -- everyone, really -- is shocked. What's the secret?It does help to be childless and live to a ripe old age, as is often the cas Navigating a Safe Pregnancy in Your 40s 10/03/2016 08:00pm • At age 45, Tracy Slater, an American expat writer living in Osaka, Japan, resigned herself to the fact that she might never be a mother. After a few years of failed fertility treatments and two miscarriages, she and her husband continued trying to have a baby -- but shifted their focus to Slater's A Race Against Time: the Further I Got Into My Pregnancy, the More My Body Fed a Tumor Near My Brain 10/02/2016 08:00pm • Being pregnant for the first time is an exhilarating experience. Like most other women, I'd read everything I could to prepare for my pregnancy, and I made sure to eat right, exercise and take my prenatal vitamins. As a physician, I was well aware that my body would go through some drastic changes 10 Weird Mind and Body Changes That Are Totally Normal During Pregnancy 10/02/2016 08:00pm • What's that smell? Jessica Kartalija walked into a bar and recoiled at the smell -- not of chicken wings, beer or garlic fries, but of the laundry detergent on her friend's shirt. "The sense of smell during pregnancy was insane," recalls Kartalija, a 37-year-old news anchor in Baltimore who was preg Exhibit offers glimpse of life through the eyes of refugees 10/01/2016 04:23pm • WASHINGTON —  Tanya Brice wandered toward the back of a group touring the "Forced From Home" exhibition with tears in her eyes. Brice said she's aware of the humanitarian work done by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders and said she was horrified that there are people in the U A Morning at Mental Health Court 09/29/2016 08:00pm • As all rise for Judge Robert Heffron Jr. for the mental health court of Prince George's County, there's little resemblance to a hospital unit or outpatient clinic with white-coated doctors. The judge in his black robe takes the bench, seated directly in front of the Great Seal of Maryland and the s Connecticut College Road Trip: Wesleyan University 09/29/2016 08:00pm • Looking beyond the stately brownstone buildings and well-manicured lawns, students observe that a strong sense of activism and open-mindedness pervades Wesleyan University's campus. This is a place that "pushes you to think critically about yourself and about the world," says 2016 grad Bulelani Jil Column: Waterproof vs. water-resistant smartphones 09/28/2016 11:34pm • Q: When a smartphone claims to be water-resistant instead of waterproof, what’s the real difference? Since water damage is one of the most common problems experienced by so many, getting a phone that can protect itself makes sense. The technical definition of water resistant is that it’s a 8 Tips to Set Up a Snowbird Lifestyle 09/28/2016 08:00pm • Each year, many people migrate from colder regions of the United States and Canada to sunny locations in Florida, Arizona and other sunbelt states. To these snowbirds, seasonal migration offers the best of both worlds -- an opportunity to maintain ties to family, friends and familiar places, while a College Road Trip: Colorado College 09/28/2016 08:00pm • Colorado College, or CC, may be best known for its Block Plan, a curriculum that involves taking just one class at a time. Blocks run three-and-a-half weeks; students take eight blocks a year and need 32 to graduate. It was this arrangement plus the beautiful location at the foothills of 14,115-foot Managing the High Cost of a Chronic Health Condition 09/27/2016 08:00pm • According to the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, roughly 117 million U.S. adults have at least one chronic health condition such as diabetes, hypertension or cancer. And a quarter of adults have multiple chronic conditions. Even with health insurance options, Americans living with a chronic Branch Campuses Offer International Students Access to a Global Education 09/27/2016 08:00pm • For her undergraduate degree, Indian national Darshika Chaturvedi was interested in exploring different cultures and places, but the thought of going too far from home in addition to a new country was unsettling. She says she wanted to be close to home and earn a "reputed degree" -- so she chose the How I Got to College: Marlon Ausby Jr. 09/27/2016 08:00pm • Choosing a college is one of life's big decisions, and the process of getting in is an exciting -- but often stressful -- rite of passage. To find out what that passage is really like, U.S. News visited Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida, in late April to ask a group of seniors what went into th