The humanities have been an irregular presence at Harvard Medical School for many years, but in 2011, a self-organized group of HMS community members began working toward creating a program where doctors are encouraged and supported in embracing their humanities-side. The result, Arts&Humanities@HMS received official recognition as a program. According to Dr. Susan Poires, an associate director of Arts&Humanities@HMS,the program aims to create an enduring center for the arts and humanities at HMS, complementing existing bioethics and social medicine programs. To read more about the program, visit the Harvard Magazine online article, "The Art of Healing."