Inclusive Excellence at the Larner College of Medicine | March 2025
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March is Women's History Month
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March is Women's History Month—a time dedicated to celebrating the achievements, contributions, and history of women throughout the ages. This month, we honor the trailblazers who have broken barriers and made significant impacts in health and medicine. Their pioneering work has advanced medical science, improved patient care, and inspired future generations of healthcare professionals.
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Town Meeting Day - March 5
Holi - March 14
St. Patrick's Day - March 17
Purim - March 13 - 14
Eid al-Fitr - March 29 - 30
Ramadan - February 28 - March 30
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Greek-American Heritage Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Women's History Month
More information
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Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine and Science
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Join us in celebrating and honoring individuals dedicated to advancing gender equality and excellence in medicine.
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March 6, 12:00 -1:30 pm
Med Ed 200, Sullivan Classroom
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Shattering the Glass Ceiling Without Needing Stitches
Charity Clark, J.D.
Vermont Attorney General
Learn more
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UVM Inclusive Excellence Symposium
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March 18-21
Dudley Davis Center and Online
Larner faculty, staff and students can attend the 2025 Inclusive Excellence Symposium FREE with code: LCOM. The symposium is a four-day event bringing together scholars, performers and multi-media educators to explore ways to find hope and resilience during tumultuous times.
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Translating Identity Conference
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Sunday, March 23, 2025
Dudley Davis Center, UVM
TIC centers the distinct needs, experiences, and desires of college students and seek to encourage robust community building and connection to a network of peer changemakers across the region.
Our focus is on trans and queer joy and all the ways we can create, nurture, amplify, share and celebrate it.
Learn more and register
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| Take the Campus Climate Survey by March 25th!
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The Campus Climate Survey helps UVM understand the perceptions and experiences of our students and employees. It gives us the data needed to make and measure progress.
All survey respondents can enter to win Apple AirPods (3rd gen), UVM Bookstore gift cards, UVM swag, and more.
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| Strength in the unity of our campus community
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The University of Vermont is closely and daily monitoring news out of Washington and related developments that may impact our community or our activities as a leading research university.
Knowing that the current landscape continues to evolve, the university has created a webpage to capture helpful information and share related resources with the community.
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849. She graduated from Geneva Medical College, paving the way for women in the field of medicine and helped break barriers for future generations of women in healthcare.
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National Library of Medicine
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Rise, Serve, Lead! America's Women Physicians
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Women have always been healers. To join the ranks of professional physicians, women had to overcome obstacles and fight to practice medicine. They rose to the challenge and have served as doctors for nearly two hundred years.
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| New Affinity Group Leadership
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Larner chapters of national student groups have selected new leaders for 2025-26. These groups offer opportunities for leadership development, community service, cultural events, and professional workshops, enriching students' understanding and essential skills.
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Community Service Benefits Vermont Children's Hospital
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As part of Larner's Martin Luther King Jr. observance, twenty one cozy fleece blankets were handcrafted by Larner faculty, staff and students and donated to the UVM Children's Hospital, providing warmth and comfort to young patients.(left to right, Jennifer Eddy, Child Life Specialist, Tiffany Delaney and Olive Gallmeyer, Office of Inclusive Excellence).
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| Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine and Science
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With Charity R. Clark, J.D., Vermont Attorney General
March 6, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Med Ed Center 200
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| With Amanda P. Williams, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 19 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Webinar
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| Medical Education Grand Rounds
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Lisa Meeks, Ph.D.
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Webinar
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AAMCNews: Autopsies, avalanches, and ambulance rides: Unusual away rotations for medical students
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Each year thousands of medical students spend a few weeks at another institution, learning about career possibilities they otherwise might miss and gaining powerful insights into varied aspects of care. Read more
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AAMC statement on firings at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, M.D., and Chief Public Policy Officer Danielle Turnipseed, J.D., M.H.S.A., M.P.P., issued a statement regarding firings at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “We were deeply dismayed to hear reports of broad and, what appear to be, arbitrary firings across many federal agencies and offices directly related to and responsible for the public’s health. … We urge [HHS Secretary Kennedy] to reconsider these firings so we can leverage the expertise and experience of these trusted, skilled, dedicated civil servants and work with them to improve the health of the nation.” Read more
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AAMC Center for Health Justice explores changes in trust in communities
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From 2021 through 2024, the AAMC Center for Health Justice conducted four polls that asked respondents to rate how much they trusted institutions to serve everyone in their local community fairly. A new brief published by the Center presents trust-related findings and insights into changes in trust over time and provides information on the demographic subgroups that report lower levels of trust. Read more
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