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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations.

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Harvard Medical School to Add Climate Change to Curriculum

Insight Into Diversity

A committee at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently voted to integrate climate change into the curriculum for MD students. These topics will be embedded through a student’s medical education to help enhance the care they are able to provide to future patients who have been impacted by climate change.

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Reflections on failing organic chemistry (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I failed organic chemistry. He didn’t know that I wrote pages of “news” in second grade or won national newspaper awards in high school or reported for the radio station in college. My brother, home for the summer, having completed his first year of medical school, accompanied him for the drive.

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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Establishes Latino Association

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) has established the VP&S Latino Association, a group that aims to foster development, presence, and belonging of the Latino community at the medical school. Although approximately 20% of people in the U.S.

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Stillman first HBCU to withdraw from U.S. News Best College Rankings

University Business

Stillman College is joining a growing group of colleges and universities that are abandoning the U.S. News Best College rankings. News Best Colleges rankings does not accurately represent the impact that Stillman has on the community, the state or the nation. Read more from WVUA 23.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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Melissa L. Gilliam Chosen as First Woman, First African American to Lead BU

Insight Into Diversity

Gilliam holds degrees from Yale University, the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. She is recognized as a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The post Melissa L.