Winter wonderland: graduates don blue and white in the Smith Center
Hard to believe it was time for another commencement. Over the years since becoming dean, I’ve gone from a commencement cynic to an enthusiast.
Sunday, I was struck by the complementarity of messages in articles that appeared in the New York Times about South Africa and in a local Herald Sun opinion piece authored by Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH, one of our faculty members. In South Africa and in North Carolina, there are huge gaps in social and health...
I heard the story of Nelson Mandela’s passing last week as I was driving home. I could not pull myself away from the compelling story of Mandela’s life. The next morning, I read every word of the New York Times coverage. Immersing myself in his life, I felt incredible sadness and deep loss.
HPV vaccines are safe and effective. Katie Couric really blew it on national television when she hosted two mothers whose daughters suffered health events which the mothers attributed to HPV vaccines. The mothers’ anecdotes about their daughters’ misfortunes created intense human drama. However, by framing her report in this way, Couric undermined the importance and...