On Thursday, September 4th, Oakland’s leaders and healthcare advocates gathered for The Future of Oakland: Building a Stronger and Healthier City—a panel event hosted by Samuel Merritt University (SMU...

This September, Dr. Paulina Van, a professor in the College of Nursing and renowned member of the Samuel Merritt community, will retire from her full-time faculty position. In a letter to the...

A Night to Remember Samuel Merritt University honored the significant accomplishments and impacts of 10 distinguished members of the SMU community during the annual Health Impact Awards gala...

Physical therapy student Rashika Sunku, DPT ’25, took photos of herself doing therapeutic exercises while seated on a bench so that her participant knew exactly how to replicate them on his own. A...

PT doctoral candidate Robert Yu brings dancing and physical therapy into alignment “I think anyone can dance,” says Robert Yu, DPT ’24. The physical therapy student has been teaching open style...

The 10-Story Project Will Expand Enrollment and Revitalize Community Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a national leader in health science education, has received final approval from the Oakland City...