I’m writing to provide an update on the condition of the Remsen building following the fire on Friday. Crews have made good progress this weekend to clean the areas affected by the water damage. The building is safe and will be open for access by all faculty, staff, and students on Monday morning.
Community Notes
Update on the Fire in Remsen
As many of you know, there was a fire in Geisel’s Remsen building on the Hanover campus today. The fire was located in a mechanical room on the 8th floor and was rapidly extinguished by sprinklers and personnel from the Hanover Fire Department who responded immediately. Most importantly, nobody was injured in the fire.
Geisel Receives Prestigious Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
I wanted to share the good news that Geisel has received the 2023 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine for our ongoing commitment to building a more inclusive and belonging community. I’m exceptionally proud of Lisa McBride, our Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and her staff in the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement for everything they do to support our students, and our entire community for embracing the importance of diversity in our research and education programs.
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action
I want to echo President Beilock’s message that while we do not yet understand all the implications of today’s Supreme Court’s decision, I do know that it in no way diminishes our commitment to fostering a diverse and welcoming community for our faculty, staff, and students.
Geisel’s Strategic Improvements to be Guided by Key Performance Indicators
As Geisel School of Medicine continues to strive towards its strategic goals, the team of strategic goal champions have developed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure our growth and progress. KPIs are essentially measurable values that demonstrate how effectively an organization is achieving its key objectives.
Standing Together with Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Women in Our Community
We want to echo President Hanlon’s statement condemning the violence in the Atlanta area, which left eight people dead, including seven women, six of whom were of Asian descent. While this tragic event is still being investigated, we do know that throughout the pandemic, there has been a significant increase in violence and racism against Asians and the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in the United States. We must also recognize that violence against women is a serious ongoing problem in this country.
UPDATED: Remembering Dr. Bill Nugent
UPDATE: The Valley News has published an obituary for Dr. Nugent, which you can find here.
Please see the note below regarding the passing of William C. Nugent Jr, MD, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, of Community and Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute.
Call for Engagement with the Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities
Dan Rockmore, director of Dartmouth’s Neukom Institute for Computational Science, invites faculty to submit their ideas of what the new Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities within the Neukom Institute could be and what issues, challenges, questions, connections (internal or external) that they could imagine included within the new center.
Geisel’s Juneteenth Town Hall Community Discussion Guide, Next Steps, and WC4BL
We should all consider the following: What would it mean for Geisel to be a national leader in racial fairness, equity, and justice in all of our missions of science and education? How might we get there? We cannot speed to quick fixes aimed to placate that are not long-term solutions, but we can commit, from this point forward, to working towards this vision as a priority for our school.
Rapid Response Team
Dear members of the Geisel community, As some of you may remember, in response to sadly similar situations that arose in 2017, including the events in Charlottesville and the Trump administration’s travel ban, Geisel set up a Rapid Response Team and set aside specific times for the community to come […]