Laura Fitzpatrick

Laura Fitzpatrick, a former TIME writer-reporter, is a second-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.

Recent Articles

Running Out the Clock

In our ongoing 'Doctor-in-Training' series, time is of the essence in more ways than one for a medical student conducting a routine physical on an elderly patient

By Laura Fitzpatrick

Ticker-Tape Parades

Fresh off their 27th World Series win, the New York Yankees will take a victory lap through lower Manhattan on the morning of Nov. 6. It will be their record-setting ninth trip down the so-called...

By Laura Fitzpatrick

Why We Can't Wear White After Labor Day

The post–Labor Day moratorium on white clothing and accessories has long ranked among etiquette hard-liners' most sacred rules. As punishment for breaking it in the 1994 movie Serial Mom, for instance, Patty Hearst's character was...

By Laura Fitzpatrick
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