A huge congratulations go to NSN's future physicians! We are happy to announce the results of three wonderful NSN members:

The 2019 winter formal just HAPPENED to coincide with MS2 Aki's birthday, so this year we celebrated a Birthday Formal! (Aki also just HAPPENS to also be very active in MSG, which chose the date for the event. We can all tell who was really behind this... It seems to me that somebody just wanted a school-funded birthday bash.) Needless to say, NSN rolled into Formal as dashing and well-groomed as ever (only after eating some birthday cake at home first). 

In an effort to increase bonding and introduce MS3 Anik to foods that are not made in the microwave, NSN headed to Maggiano's for an Italian dinner during Philly's Restaurant Week. 

NSN celebrates the holidays with its annual faculty holiday party. MS1s Tim and Levy did an amazing job coordinating all of the snacks and hors d'oeuvres, while MS2s laughed at their size discrepancy (see below). 

Members share a Thanksgiving ("Nu-giving") meal together with significant others, alumni, and close friends. As members of the Nu, we are thankful for our home at 3904 Spruce, the community of housemates who keep us sane, our crazy journey to become physicians, and our equally crazy friends and family who support us through the challenges of med school. 

The Nu members embark on an adventure to tear down the walls that were previously added to enclose the main stairwell. Lots of dust (and a few head stitches for MS3 Brad) later, we have hallways that are MUCH more open with a ton more lighting from our stairway chandelier and use of the original wooden banisters (which were previously hidden behind the extra walls). 

Our now-MS2s (*sniffle* *wipes tear* they grow up so fast...) Aki, Alexis, and Daniel lead the efforts to welcome our newest members / MS1s of NSN: Levy Rivera and Tim Cox. We also welcome back Kent Grosh (MS4) who previously lived at the Nu during his MS1 year but left to serve as a graduate assistant in the undergrad dorms for 2 years. 

As the house ponders why we still call this "House Day" as opposed to "House Weekend", our members repaint the kitchen (with surgical precision, if I may add) with the help of alumni who have since moved out. Always a great way to reconnect with alumni in Philly (and a great excuse to order a big round of Honest Tom's burritos). 

As Tomas prepares for graduation, we say "so long" to our fearless house president during our last house meeting of the year. To celebrate in true NSN fashion, we grilled up a mountain of burgers and dogs. #ItsNotGoodbyeItsSeeYouLater #PennOphtho #CongratsGrad

NSN shows Penn Med that we clean up well (sometimes) AND don't hold back on the dance floor. Anik shows up everyone by busting into bhangra, and Brad sweated through 6 shirts from popping it too hard.