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Mashup Score: 0Celebrating the Launch of the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health - 2 year(s) ago
Studies have shown that living a mindful life can yield health benefits—but research into this burgeoning field is still developing. We need more data to define the strength of this connection and …
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Mashup Score: 2Sharing News - 2 year(s) ago
To Members of the Harvard Chan School Community: I write to share the news that I will be stepping down as dean of the faculty on June 30. After 12 years in academic leadership, including nearly se…
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Today, @harvardchandean Michelle Williams announced her intent to step down in June 2023 to return to research and teaching. She called her seven years as dean of the faculty "full of challenges, but even more full of joy." Read her note to the community: https://t.co/jLquYWTkaz
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Mashup Score: 3Confronting the past, committing to the future - 2 year(s) ago
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community: As you heard from President Larry Bacow this morning, the Steering Committee on Human Remains has issued a report offering guidance to the Univers…
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Today, Harvard’s Steering Committee on Human Remains issued a thoughtful report on steps forward—but it is just the start of our work to confront the past with clarity in order to build a more just future. My full message to the Harvard Chan Community: https://t.co/M0Y4tlllFQ
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Mashup Score: 3A Q&A with public health students in Beijing - 2 year(s) ago
Recently, I was invited to speak to the next generation of public health leaders and researchers as part of a summer lecture series at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The questions posed by …
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Recently, I spoke at a summer lecture series at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. My latest blog post shares some of the clear, practical, and resonant questions I was asked by public health students, along with my responses. #PublicHealth https://t.co/eApgVtKokO
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Mashup Score: 12After Roe: Finding a way forward - 3 year(s) ago
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community, This is a hard day. The Supreme Court has overturned the right to abortion — a fundamental and essential component of health care. We know that wo…
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"We don’t run away from challenges. We run toward them. We illuminate problems. We identify solutions. And we translate those powerful ideas into the programs and policies that build a healthier world." Read @HarvardChanDean's message to the community: https://t.co/OLnjTD7mQ2 https://t.co/tM2yTcGKPH
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Mashup Score: 11Reflections inspired by International Women’s Day - 3 year(s) ago
I’ll begin with a question: How did a Jamaican girl from Queens, the oldest of four children, the daughter of wonderful parents who had no more than nine years of formal education between them, ris…
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A6 @HarvardChanDean wrote about this on her blog: “I did not get here alone. We do not exist in isolation. The people in our lives, our social and political context, our access—or lack of access—to opportunities, are a big part of the equation.” https://t.co/Yk3kIY5f4k #NPHWChat https://t.co/136oOuIfzu
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Mashup Score: 5Sad news: Paul Farmer has passed away - 3 year(s) ago
To the Harvard Chan School Community: It is with great sadness that I’m sharing the news that Paul Farmer passed away today. As many of you know, Paul dedicated his remarkable life to improving hea…
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More on the untimely passing of Paul Farmer: https://t.co/9td92xZ3Na
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Mashup Score: 5Standing together against hatred - 3 year(s) ago
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community: As a community, we have been forthright and forceful in declaring that structural racism is an urgent public health crisis. So it was immensely di…
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In these precarious times, we must stand together to uphold our values, to support one another, and to continue to fight on behalf of the vulnerable and voiceless. @michellemorse #BramWispelwey https://t.co/qV2Z6GUR2R
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Mashup Score: 1End of year message from Dean Williams - 3 year(s) ago
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community, Our School has a proud tradition of sharing knowledge, building local capacity, and driving public health innovation to benefit the world. We saw …
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"As we head into winter break, I want to extend my deepest thanks to every one of you for your work to advance a new paradigm for global cooperation—cooperation that is core to our DNA." My EOY message to the @HarvardChanSPH community: https://t.co/PXrp7OO6X2
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Mashup Score: 3Welcome Back from Dean Williams - 3 year(s) ago
Dear Members of the Harvard Chan School Community, Greetings, and welcome back! This semester feels especially meaningful, as we’re not only beginning a new academic year, but a new chapter for our…
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"It’s certainly easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the unprecedented global health challenges before us. But those challenges are the reason we’re all here—and precisely why we’re called to public health." – @HarvardChanDean https://t.co/pfmC20hKmR
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I was honored to take part in last week’s launch of @HarvardChanSPH’s Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health, which will examine the connections between a mindful life and a healthy life. You can read my opening remarks here: https://t.co/oskle5DLcO