Over 150 media around the world covered the innovative teaching approach being implemented by UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, made possible by a $66 million gift, the largest in the univerisity’s history. The New York Times, ABC News, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed were among the media covering the gift and the new curriculum, which will eliminate all lectures, replacing them with active learning classrooms that research shows improve learning. The gift came from UVM dual-degree alum and Vermont native Robert Larner ’39, M.D.’42, and his wife, Helen. Read the story in the Washington Post.
Source: UVM News