In Print Focus: Deciphering the Adolescent Brain Due in part to new methods of brain imaging, the understanding of adolescent brain development is changing. Martin Teicher (above) and Deborah Yurgelun-Todd are among those whose work is yielding insight into the way experience shapes the brain, the neurological effect of physical and verbal abuse, and the origin of psychiatric diseases. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines New Understanding of Migraines May Lead To More Effective Treatments 'Obesity Gene' Causes Cancer of Fat Tissue, Schepens Scientists Find Upcoming The John P. McGovern Lecture in the History of Medicine: The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education General Lecture: The Evolution of Medical Education from Flexner to Managed Care Two talks by Kenneth Ludmerer, Washington University May 4 and 9

Spotlight Minority Students Accepted to Class of 2004 Revisit Campus Underrepresented minority students admitted to next year's entering class at the Medical and Dental Schools revisited the campus in mid-April. Their weekend stay introduced them to fellow students, faculty, curriculum, the schools, and the Boston area. Student Scene The Science of Change Applying Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point to science, Alex Carter reassures grad students that the lab grind may very well have a happy ending, even though there's no end in sight. In any complex system, of science or society, just a ripple can produce a great wave of change if the moment is right. So try to understand the forces at work, Carter suggests, and, of course, keep your head above water.

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