Five Vassar students traveled to Rwanda this summer for their first in-person learning experience with students at the University of Global Health Equity.
In March, representatives of Vassar, the University of Edinburgh, University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay convened on the campus of the revered University of Edinburgh in Scotland to collaborate on initiatives incorporating the principles of the liberal arts.
Vassar President Elizabeth H. Bradley delivered the address at the University of Global Health Equity’s White Coat Ceremony, marking the end of two years of academic study and the start of four years of clinical training.
Vassar President Elizabeth H. Bradley furthered the College’s partnership with the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) during a week-long visit in January to the Rwandan university.
President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), have laid the groundwork for mutually beneficial collaboration between the two institutions—the third such global partnership Bradley has established.
Vassar and the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a recently established medical school in Rwanda, have been engaged over the past three years in initiatives that benefit both institutions. The partnership has shown how the liberal arts can enhance health care.
Vassar kicked off a unique partnership with a progressive new medical school in Rwanda this summer when members of the faculty and staff taught a pair of three-week courses to 30 students at the UGHE (University of Global Health Equity).
Vassar College and the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), an innovative medical school in Rwanda, have forged a partnership that will help the medical school blend the liberal arts into its curriculum, officials from both institutions announced today.
