The recently renovated Jan and Don O’Dowd Hall opened its gates on July 11 and welcomed the newly appointed dean of the school of medicine. Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz inaugurated...
Sophia A. Nelson and a panel of half a dozen healthcare and education professionals held the “How Do We Care for Our Health and Wellness in a Changing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Environment?”...
Award-winning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) thought leader, CNN political analyst and author Sophia Nelson closed out her week-long visit to Oakland University’s campus with a discussion with...
Award-winning journalist, author and political analyst Sophia A. Nelson will visit Oakland University from April 1 to 5 for a series of diversity, equity and inclusion experiences.
Whether writing...
On Aug. 29, Oakland University held its 2023 Exemplary Employee Award Recognition ceremony wherein Dr. Deirdre Pitts, an associate dean for Faculty and Staff Affairs at the Oakland University William Beaumont...
Following the retirement of Duane Mezwa, M.D., Christopher F. Carpenter, M.D., has been appointed Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB)’s Stephan Sharf Interim Dean and OUWB Chief...
Every year, on the third Friday of March when the clock strikes noon, thousands of fourth-year medical students across the U.S. open envelopes in unison that contain their entire professional future —...
Medical education requires a partnership to come to fruition. Someone has to be willing to learn, someone has to be willing to teach and someone has to be willing to be learned on. Every component of this...
Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter
• November 2, 2022
Oct. was breast cancer awareness month. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 290,560 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, along with an additional 51,400 cases of ductal...
This past June, 20 medical students from the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) spent a week in Poland as a part of the school’s Holocaust in Medicine program.
The study...
Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter
• September 14, 2022
The American Medical Association's (AMA) Women in Medicine Month is celebrated in September to acknowledge the growing number of women in the medical profession. Oakland University William Beaumont School...
On Aug. 1, the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) welcomed the Class of 2026 to the beginning of their medical school journey with a white coat ceremony.
The afternoon ceremony...
