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Reminder: Process for hosting events at SMHS

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As the pandemic continues, please consider the following reminder of the SMHS event procedure: All events (non-curricular activities), as defined by the University of North Dakota (UND), held on-campus as well as virtually require approval. This includes all group activities, public lectures, symposia, workshops, trainings, conferences, concerts, orientations, internships/co-ops and other campus activities. Curricular events […]

UND Schools of Law and Medicine & Health Sciences announce new dual JD/MPH degree

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The UND School of Law and School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) are proud to announce their new dual Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. The joint program provides future attorneys with a specialized, accelerated health policy track allowing them not only to specialize in public health law, but obtain […]

UND SMHS announces new assistant dean positions for gender equity and medical curriculum

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The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) has announced the creation of several new assistant dean positions. In addition to creating a new executive-level position for gender equity, SMHS Dean Dr. Joshua Wynne asked his team to create administrative faculty positions for assessment and the School’s revised medical curriculum. The holders of these […]

UND to host Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at National Rural Health Journalism Workshop

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The University of North Dakota (UND) will be the host for the Association of Health Care Journalist’s virtual Rural Health Journalism Workshop, June 21-23. This workshop is sponsored by the UND Leaders in Action Rural Health and Communities Grand Challenge. The event’s featured speaker is U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, head of the U.S Department of Agriculture. “A […]

New SMHS pandemic guidelines in effect

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In view of the announcement by UND of new pandemic-related expectations that were effective on June 1, 2021, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) in turn has updated its own guidance on this matter, although there is no change in the expectations in those locations where direct patient care is provided (such […]

Weekly BINAX testing at SMHS to continue

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Just a reminder: UND Student Health is hosting BINAX rapid testing events on the first floor of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Thursday until further notice. Administrators encourage all faculty, staff, and students from your departments who are in the SMHS building to participate in these rapid […]

SMHS leads the pack for UND Scholarly Commons downloads

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The UND Scholarly Commons research clearinghouse went online only three years ago. Soon after going live, the School of Medicine & Health Sciences Library Resources team began to upload scholarly projects, theses, publications, capstones, and more from multiple SMHS departments to the site for public use. In that time span, UND has accumulated 683,763 total downloads of its scholarly content, and we’re excited to announce that SMHS abstracts, […]

Veterans’ Day Hours

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Please note the SMHS Library Resources Information Desk hours for Veterans’ Day “Weekend”: Friday, Nov. 8, 2019:  7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 through Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019:  Closed Monday, Nov. 11, 2019:  1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Regular Information Desk hours will resume on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.

UND SMHS recognizes end-of-year sophomore award winners

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Several second-year medical students received sophomore awards on Wednesday, May 15 when the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences hosted its 2019 Sophomore Awards luncheon in the School’s Charles H. Fee, MD, Auditorium. Academic, teaching, and service awards were presented on behalf of the School and the North Dakota Medical Association, including the Group Leadership […]

Get your flu shot at SMHS Sept. 17!

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UND Student Health Services is offering a series of dates and locations for UND faculty, staff, and students to get their flu shot this fall. One such clinic will be held at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the second floor small […]

More questions answered about the new SMHS website

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More questions answered regarding the new SMHS website: Q:  How do I spell check the web pages I’ve been assigned to edit? A:  Like this– If you are a web content editor who is editing a page in Omni Update, note that if you have “checked out” the page (the “lightbulb” near the top of your […]