At NEOMED, the ideals of free speech, the free exchange of ideas and freedom of expression are respected and sustained. We recognize the constitutional freedoms guaranteed by the United States and Ohio constitutions, including freedom of speech, press and assembly.
The policies on this page seek to balance those foundational ideals with the University’s need to ensure the effective operation of educational, business and related activities, and to preserve and protect our property, students, guests and employees.
Policies for Students, Employees and Visitors
- Expressive Activity and Harassment policy
- Free Speech on Campus policy
- Submit a concern about free speech on our campus: freespeech@neomed.edu
- Use of Space policy
- Affirmative Action | EEO policy
- Campus Law Enforcement policy
- Access and Use of University-owned Buildings policy
Student Conduct
Expectations of student conduct starts on this page of the Compass. Scroll to the header on that page that reads Student Conduct and Professional Behavior.
Academic Freedom
- Faculty bylaws
- Academic-freedom statement from our University Faculty Council
CONTACT
Write to us at freespeech@neomed.edu.
Freedom of Expression in Action
Diamanta Panford-Ufere, a second-year medicine student, discusses the crucial events and people in the Black diaspora in our weekday e-newsletter
Student Op-Ed: Stop Medicare Privatization
Two College of Medicine students took a stand on Medicare privatization – and they got it published. Wednesday, Feb. 16, Cleveland.com posted an Op-Ed titled “Biden’s Costly Failure to Stop Medicare Privatization Experiment in Ohio” by first-year medicine students Maximilian Brockwell and James Tyler Moore.
What NEOMED’s Flag Display Means to Me
Hala Daghlas-Yusuf, a third-year pharmacy student and a first-generation Palestinian American, talks about the Palestinian and other international flags that hang from the rafters of a busy concourse at NEOMED.
Dr. Joseph Zarconi, M.D., professor and then chair of internal medicine, discusses how the pandemic exposed again the social, structural and racial inequities that leave marginalized populations at greater risk of infections and complications from COVID-19. The story starts on Page 12.
