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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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Clarinetist Gives $100M to Boston U Medical School

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Retired clarinetist Edward Avedisian has donated $100 million to the Boston University medical school, the university announced Thursday. The school, which since 1873 has been called the Boston University School of Medicine, will now be known as the Aram V. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Tryan L.

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Renowned Xavier University Professor Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a retired Xavier University of Louisiana professor who was deeply committed to increasing the number of Black medical doctors in the United States, passed away over the weekend. The university created the JW Carmichael, Jr. The university created the JW Carmichael, Jr. JW Carmichael Jr., Carter, Sr.,

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Program Encourages Regional Native American Students to Pursue Health Sciences

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The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School Duluth Campus will increase access to biomedical science careers for Native American students in the region with the new Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program.

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Berg Appointed UC Davis School of Law Dean

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, will start in her new role Sept. She was a visiting professor at Michigan State University Medical School.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The inspiration to form AMHPS came to Sullivan at a National Medical Association meeting when he was developing the medical school at Morehouse College in 1975. At that time, there were two predominantly Black medical schools in the U.S., Sullivan also said that more scholarships are needed for medical students.

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