May 12, 2017
Education

May 08, 2017
Medical School prepares to celebrate its 167th class of graduates
In addition to officially becoming physicians, members of the Class of 2017 have the honor of graduating during the University of Michigan Bicentennial

May 05, 2017
Medical School featured in Chronicle of Higher Education story on interprofessional education
Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, M.D., quoted in piece about how some institutions that teach doctors, health-information specialists, nurses, therapists, and other health workers have embraced a model that gathers them in teams

May 02, 2017
Today’s students, tomorrow’s leaders: Curriculum teaches future doctors how to lead
Graduates leave the program fluent in five leadership competencies: leading yourself, communicating and influencing others, building teams, problem solving and impacting systems

April 20, 2017
Medical School Chief Concern Course wins prestigious Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize
CCC encourages students to engage in largely analytic thinking while honing their skills to interpret patients’ symptoms and connect them to patterns of disease

April 13, 2017
University of Michigan Bicentennial: Monumental gift yield’s U-M’s first-ever professorship
While Elizabeth Bates set the precedent nearly 120 years ago, today the Medical School has nearly 300 endowed professorships

April 04, 2017
University of Michigan medical student selected for unique international ethics program
Rebecca Grossman-Kahn will travel to Germany and Poland to study the conduct of executives and managers in Nazi-occupied Europe as a way to reflect on ethics in business and leadership

April 04, 2017
Michigan Medicine Headlines: Medical students branch out during final two years
When students reach their third and fourth years, a new phase of the transformed curriculum offers them a more flexible educational experience
April 04, 2017
Nine Medical School faculty receive EBS teaching awards
Recipients lauded for excellence in classroom teaching, mentoring, and leadership in the advancement of the teaching mission

March 29, 2017
University of Michigan’s Bicentennial: Celebrating Amanda Sanford, M.D.
She was the first female to earn a M.D. from the U-M Medical School, graduating with highest honors in the Class of 1871

March 29, 2017
Tradeline: Transformation to exclusively digital library frees up space for Michigan Medical School
The Medical School engaged in a comprehensive project formation effort, aligning the goals of the new curriculum with the programming and planning needs to determine the most effective design

March 27, 2017
‘Stumbling Blocks’ bicentennial exhibition to tackle U-M’s history, look to future
‘New Approaches to the Ethics of Biomedical Research’ will be staged in Kresge Commons green space on medical campus

March 22, 2017
Michigan Medicine Headlines: The evolution of Michigan Medicine
In 1848, the board of regents appropriated $3,000 for the establishment of a “laboratory” — a precursor to the U-M Medical School. Over the next 170 years, the medical campus and its impact on health care would grow exponentially

March 17, 2017
May I have the envelope, please?
U-M medical students learn their residency destinations during annual celebration

March 02, 2017
Michigan Medicine Headlines: Paths allow medical students to pursue what ‘makes their heart beat’
Co-curricular with the new medical student curriculum, the Paths of Excellence program gives students the opportunity to pursue interests and areas of passion

February 22, 2017
Michigan Medicine enjoys a Global REACH
There are hundreds of Medical School faculty engaged in collaborative research with colleagues and counterparts overseas in nearly every country

February 17, 2017
University of Michigan’s Bicentennial: Celebrating William Henry Fitzbutler, M.D.
The Medical School’s first African-American graduate, Fitzbutler was a champion of diversity, equality, and social justice

February 17, 2017
Dr. Francis Collins to serve as 2017 Medical School Commencement speaker
Director of the National Institutes of Health, he is a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project

February 02, 2017
Michigan Medicine Headlines: Medical student curricular transformation takes shape
Beginning today, a series of Headlines stories will examine aspects of the ongoing curriculum transformation and what the changes mean for students, Michigan Medicine and health care

January 24, 2017
Two from Medical School named U-M Interprofessional Leadership Fellows for 2017-18
ILF program is designed to build capacity of interprofessional educator/scholars, so they can be effective leaders and change agents

January 04, 2017
Michigan Health Lab: Med school ‘minors’ gain momentum, fostering future doctors’ passion
Increasingly, medical schools are offering students the chance to choose a scholarly concentration, such as health policy or global medicine
December 07, 2016
New federal grant: A win-win for science education at three Michigan higher education institutions
University of Michigan, Henry Ford College and Wayne County Community College District team up for better teaching and learning in biomedical science

November 22, 2016
Three from Medical School among 9 University of Michigan faculty elected to AAAS
Total of 391 new fellows will be honored Feb. 18 during the 2017 AAAS annual meeting in Boston

October 28, 2016
Medical students collaborate with health profession counterparts at interprofessional town hall
Second-annual gathering helped students learn how to better work together in collaborative practice that can improve patient outcomes and population health

October 24, 2016