All Blog Entries
June 19, 2020
Ryan Clopton-Zymler, assistant director of our Office of Inclusion at the Heritage College, Cleveland, shares information about Juneteenth, including the importance of the day and ideas for celebrating it.
April 27, 2020
With so many workplaces and classrooms going online during the coronavirus crisis, it's a good time to review some guidelines that can help ensure an engaging and inclusive culture remotely.
February 24, 2020
Over more than 40 years, Harold Thompson III, D.O., has earned a place in the history of both southeast Ohio and the Heritage College as an engaged community doctor, medical educator, pioneer of diversity and mentor to many future osteopathic physicians.
March 28, 2019
On a winter evening, more than 70 students, faculty and staff gathered in the OMM lab on the college's Athens campus to participate in āBehind the White Coat,ā a storytelling event organized by students and inspired by āThe Mothā Podcast.
July 19, 2018
An expert describes the importance of breastfeeding in developing countries where populations contend with unsanitary water that can be life-threatening to formula-fed infants.
June 23, 2016
Tom Fries, a Democrat from Dayton, was serving his third term in the Ohio House of Representatives when he became lead sponsor of the 1975 legislation that created what is now the 51ĀŅĀ× Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
May 19, 2016
A graduate of the college's inaugural class of 1980 is thankful for āthe chance to have the most fascinating life I could possibly imagine.ā
May 18, 2016
This discovery revolutionized biomedical research, making national news at a time when gene-splicing was still in its infancy.
April 21, 2016
Ohio's governor and Legislature join in recognizing the collegeās 40th anniversary.
April 1, 2016
At its height, the program reached an estimated hundreds of thousands of listeners in the United States, China, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the American Forces Radio Network.
- 40 Things to Know: Our college was led by the first female African American dean of a medical school
March 17, 2016
The 1993 selection our college's leader, Barbara Ross Lee, D.O., sister of Motown superstar Diana Ross, marked a step forward for diversity in medical education
January 15, 2016
Since the early 1980s, the arrival of this annual event means it's time for students, faculty and staff to brush off the formal wear and join in the Nae Nae.
December 21, 2015
November 23, 2015
Alumni from college's first decade remember janitor Sherman Brooks for always remembering studentsā birthdays and offering a kindly word when they needed one.
November 16, 2015
Weāve chosen 40 facts, initiatives, ideas and people that make our college extraordinary. Follow along as we lift up a few of the things that shape who we are today.
October 15, 2015
The college opened in 1976, thanks to a clear vision, persistence and a healthy dose of courage.