2020 asks us: If not now, when? 

Dean David Weil reflects on 2020, the year of the quintuple pandemic: COVID-19, the associated economic recession, urgent calls for racial justice, threats to U.S. democracy, and the continuing impact of global climate change, and Heller’s critical role as a school of social policy with the motto “knowledge advancing social justice.”

“All year, I have seen this moment as a time for Heller to step up, not step back. As social policy scholars, it is not only what we do, but it is our responsibility.”

If Not Now, When?

Features

Physician leaders meet the challenge of a career

Students and alumni draw on EMBA skills, resources and connections to navigate the pandemic

Read more: How EMBA Physician Leaders Tackled COVID-19

Reimagining policing in America

Heller students and alumni work to advance policies and programs for racial equity, police accountability and community safety

Read more: Police Accountability and Racial Equity

The forgotten frontline workers

The precarious world of nursing home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Read more: Frontline Nursing Home Workers

News Briefs

Introducing the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity

The Institute on Assets and Social Policy’s (IASP) new name is the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity (IERE), affirming the group’s long history of path breaking research on inequities and disparities.

Heller receives $2.7 million to study opioid addiction treatment in Medicaid Health Plans

Maureen Stewart to lead four-year project with team from the Institute for Behavioral Health and funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Election 2020 Conversations with the Dean: Act of democracy

A week before the 2020 election, Dean Weil and panelists reflect on democratic participation, voter access and civic engagement.

Election 2020 Conversations with the Dean: Politics, policy and the path forward

Dean Weil and guests share views on the results of election 2020 and discuss progressive social policies and socio-political movements.

Due to the unique circumstances of the 2020-21 school year and the global pandemic, this edition of Heller Magazine is entirely digital, with no print edition produced.

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David Weil

BOARD OF ADVISORS CHAIR
Constance Fairweather Kane, PhD’85

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD PRESIDENT
Nicole Rodriguez, MPP’14

 

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