Experiencing NYC in the time of COVID-19
We all must rely on science and evidence as much as possible in making decisions, and we should not be paralyzed by the uncertainty that characterizes the coronavirus outbreak.
Topic: Global
Public Health
Coronavirus keeps on
It’s been six weeks since a new type of coronavirus, now named SARS-CoV-2 by the Coronavirus Study Group, was identified in China as the cause of an outbreak of severe, contagious respiratory disease. Once again, the world is learning just how important public health is to life as we know it.
Public Health
Decrying anti-Semitism and all violence motivated by hate
Six months to the day after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, and on the last day of Passover, a horrific shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego on Saturday has us again grieving the senseless loss of precious life, terrible injuries and untold trauma. We condemn the anti-Semitism at the root of this unspeakable...
Public Health
Lamenting devastating attacks in Sri Lanka
As many were celebrating Easter Sunday and Passover under a beautiful blue Carolina sky and elsewhere, a horrible tragedy unfolded halfway around the world, in Sri Lanka. We are saddened and sickened at the scale of the tragedy in Sri Lanka, where more than 300 people died and another 500 were injured when churches and...
Public Health
Responding to Anti-Semitism
On Friday, April 12, we learned about a video from a musical performance at a three-day "Conflict over Gaza" conference held on campus in March 2019. We co-sponsored the conference, just as we co-sponsor many campus conferences for which we are not responsible (i.e., don't participate in planning; don't see the speaker list or agenda).
Public Health
Global students impress
Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, I had the true joy of speaking to an auditorium full of smart, passionate, energized students participating in the annual regional AMWHO conference, a weekend-long event hosted this year by the UNC-Chapel Hill chapter and held at the Gillings School.
Government
US is evidence outlier on breastfeeding
Note: This post includes special comments from Ginger Sall, humanitarian, advocate, member of our School’s Advisory Council and board member for multiple organizations. Stunning US policy shifts Our inboxes are overflowing with digital outrage about the U.S. government’s latest actions on breastfeeding. There is a huge body of high-quality, peer-reviewed, credible evidence for the benefits...
Public Health
Whose family values are guiding the president?
While the President signed an executive order on immigration yesterday, ending his administration’s policy of separating parents and children at the border for detention, the crisis is not over. An estimated 2,342 migrant children, to whom the new order does not apply, are being detained with no clear plan or timeline for reuniting them with...
Government
The President should watch John Oliver!
A lesson in climate change I’ve heard some brilliant faculty members talk about climate change, read many articles about it in Science magazine and other peer-reviewed journals (e.g., this Nature Geoscience article) as the data have been painstakingly collected, accumulated and analyzed, and listened to and talked with many really smart people on both sides...
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
President Trump's executive order on refugees
Below is an updated version of a message sent Jan. 30 to the Gillings Community in response to President Trump’s executive order. We also held a reflection session for our students, faculty and staff to provide a no-judgment space for reflection, discussion and solidarity. To the Gillings School community – The executive order issued by...
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