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Presidential Blog
We must not let racism and anti-Asian hate threaten our community (Updated 3/17/21)
Attacks on and harassment of Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are abhorrent — our community must unite in condemning these hateful acts.
As we celebrate women’s leadership, let’s deepen the bench
Ultimately, if we want to develop long-term trends toward gender parity, representation matters.
One year since going remote, our community’s strength is inspiring
Throughout this extraordinary and difficult year, we learned a lot of lessons – many of them painful – but we also discovered reserves of strength, generosity and kindness within ourselves and each other.
Black history is American history
Black History Month is a chance to recognize that Black history is American history. It’s an important time to reflect on the ways in which Black people, their stories and their impact have so often been elided and erased from our shared understanding of ourselves as a nation and a people.
Getting vaccinated by your pharmacist? Thank the UW Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health
We face the massive public health challenge of vaccinating hundreds of millions of people in an effort to achieve herd immunity. Our ability to meet that challenge owes a great deal to the work, both past and present, of the UW School of Pharmacy.
The safety of our community is our highest priority
The health and safety of our students, staff, faculty and academic personnel is our University’s highest priority, and none of us can do our best work when we do not feel secure or are anxious about safety.
To honor MLK, we must realize the ideals we aspire to
I hope we will use this coming Monday’s holiday to reflect upon and draw inspiration from the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. as you challenge yourself to play your part.
Misinformation, disinformation and the assault on democracy
The peaceful transition of power based on the results of our electoral process, whether we like those results or not, is the cornerstone of representative government. That’s what makes today’s insurrection at the United States Capitol so outrageous.
As history unfolds, I pledge to take the COVID-19 vaccine
I join my colleagues at UW Medicine in expressing great confidence in the safety and efficacy of FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines and in proudly pledging to get vaccinated as soon as I am eligible to receive a vaccine.