In 2020, Women’s History Month comes amid a time of social upheaval and global fear over the coronavirus pandemic and resulting political turmoil. While for many the 2020 presidential race is now an afterthought, this Women’s History Month does also mark the departure of the last remaining women candidates from the 2020 presidential field — during an election year that also marks the centennial of women’s suffrage.
The stunning announcement was made Thursday morning at the end of the annual “White Coat Ceremony,” where new medical students are given white lab coats to mark the start of their M.D. degree program. “Our last thing was to tell the students and their parents that, hey, tuition is going to be on us,” Dr. Rafael Rivera, associate dean for…