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.
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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.
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.
In an unprecedented year, you have made an incredible impact
In the wake of this unprecedented year, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and appreciation for your extraordinary determination, humanity and grace, the backbone of our community.
Looking ahead to what we can accomplish together
As we enter a holiday season like no other, I want to thank you all for your hard work, commitment to each other, and the many sacrifices you have made and continue to make to keep our community safe and healthy.
A day to reflect and honor those who served
In this incredibly challenging year, which has contained so much sadness and loss, let us use this Veterans Day to renew our commitment to those who have put service to country first.
Misinformation is a threat to self-government
As a university, we are dedicated to uncovering truth as supported by evidence and facts as well as the bedrock belief that an informed public is the cornerstone of self-government.