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  • Disappointed in Congress

    I am really disappointed in the inability and/or unwillingness of Congress to act on extensions of the Bush-era tax cuts and other items. This morning’s New York Times had an article about how companies are fearful about a “fiscal cliff” and are reducing...
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  • Student again

    Signed up for Coursera I decided the only way to learn about MOOCs and new methods of teaching and learning on the Internet is to take an online course. So I signed up (and got my husband to sign up also) for History of the Internet, taught by Charles...
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  • Leading schools of public health

    Last week, deans of schools of public health came together for our annual summer retreat. I really value these meetings. A number of deans have become not just colleagues but friends, and I miss deans who leave their leadership roles. While we compete...
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  • Channeling Dean Smith

    Writing as a Way of Life Today, most people in professional jobs are writers. We are writers, whether we define ourselves that way or not. Writing is at the heart of communication — oral, print and electronic. If we can’t write, we don’t come across well...

  • It’s about the students!

    Our diversity and inclusion orientation Saturday, we continued our tradition of holding a diversity orientation session for students. We define diversity broadly, including, of course, race/ethnicity, gender and age but also sexual orientation, religious...
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