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Celebrating Commencement 2022
Commencement is where the past and present converge in the joy of completion and a vision for the future.
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Nothing radical about our Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (IEAP)
Our IEAP is solidly a public health plan to overcome inequities in health and health care in North Carolina, the U.S. and around the world, in keeping with our school’s mission.
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Paul Farmer—a devastating loss
Dr. Farmer dedicated his life to providing high-quality health care services to patients in resource-poor settings.
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Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
Remembering a walk with a Nobel Prize laureate
What I learned about science, ethics, generosity and more from Barry Blumberg, MD, PhD
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Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
Racism is a public health crisis
The past week has been profoundly sad, and the pain continues. Still in the throes of a global pandemic, we are sickened, angry and traumatized by repeated acts of violence against Black people, particularly Black men, in the United States.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
Black lives matter
Black lives matter. In this moment, with cellphone cameras, surveillance cameras and even police cameras recording events, Black men, like Rayshard Brooks, on June 12; George Floyd, on May 25, and too many others, continue to be killed – no, murdered – in cold blood.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
All is not well in America
In a Jan. 19 opinion piece in The New York Times, noted writer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, an excellent book, paints a picture of a flawed America that still has not come to grips with the role of race in our society.
Higher Ed
Guns and threats of violence have no place on this campus
On two of the past three weekends, members of pro-Confederacy groups have visited our campus to continue to protest the toppling and removal of the Confederate soldier monument. I did not write after the first incident because one event, although deplorable, could be an anomaly. When the second event occurred, I felt compelled to respond. Two events could be the beginning of a trend.