UConn med school drops mandatory ‘DEI-infused’ Hippocratic Oath

Oath compelled students ‘to affirm political viewpoints,’ free speech group said

The University of Connecticut School of Medicine will no longer require students to recite its Hippocratic Oath that pledges support for social justice and “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression wrote in a post on X Tuesday that the school confirmed its “DEI-infused” oath is optional and “students will not be punished for refusing to recite it.”

Read more in The College Fix.