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      <description>“My training has taught me that real impact and agency are possible, even in the most challenging of circumstances.” </description>
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      <description>This has been an extraordinary year in every way.</description>
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      <title>April Showers: A Dean's Message from Megan L. Ranney</title>
      <description>I remember learning as a child that “April showers bring May flowers.” And we are certainly facing a rainstorm – a deluge – right now in public health.  </description>
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      <title>This National Public Health Week, Join Us In Celebrating Persistence</title>
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      <description>Welcome to the start of the spring semester and our latest issue of Linking Science &amp; Society newsletter.   </description>
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      <description>Welcome to the Yale School of Public Health magazine, complete with a new name that reflects our newly independent school’s aspirations, strengths, and vision for the future.</description>
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      <title>Introducing the School’s New Newsletter,  Linking Science &amp; Society</title>
      <description>I am thrilled to introduce the inaugural newsletter for our newly independent school, "Yale School of Public Health: Linking Science &amp; Society!” This publication will be released every two months to connect our global YSPH community and highlight our school’s exceptional achievements.</description>
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