EXCLUSIVE: Some US Medical Schools May Still Be Promoting DEI Efforts, Watchdog Says– dailycaller.com

Some U.S. medical schools may be continuing to promote certain diversity, equity and inclusion ideology in some form, according to emails and meeting notes obtained by Do No Harm.

The University of Iowa (UI) announced in March 2025 that it was shuttering its Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity following a directive from the Iowa Board of Regents. However, DNH obtained a copy of a March 26, 2025 email from a UI employee via a Freedom of Information Act request suggesting that the university’s Carver College of Medicine (CCOM)’s DEI office was “still fully up and running” under a different name despite the other diversity division closing, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. (RELATED: Trump-Endorsed Senate Hopeful Championed DEI At University, Records Show)

“Yes, it’s my understanding that the University is closing the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity, effective tomorrow,” per the email obtained by DNH. “Please see the link below for an Iowa Now piece explaining how some of that division’s components are being reassigned or closed, and which components are still under review with future changes pending.”

“Here at CCOM, our Program for Access and Engagement (formerly called the Office of Health Parity, before that the Office of DEI, before that the Office of Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives) is still fully up and running,” the email continued.

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