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Diana Chapman Walsh

Diana Chapman Walsh

What Is College For?

As the current controversy continues to swirl around higher education, I’ve gone back to writings I did after stepping down from the…

20 min readFeb 20, 2024

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The Tension of Opposites

I recently returned from Sun Valley, a trip with dear friends, Janie and Michael, first discussed at their home in January, on the day the…

6 min readSep 2, 2023

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The Tension of Opposites

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Diana Chapman Walsh

Benefactor Moments

I started my Medium blog in December 2016, chiefly to worry out loud about two kinds of climate —planetary and political — the latter…

5 min readJul 15, 2023

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Diana Chapman Walsh

The Reset Button

The great secret of death, and perhaps its deepest connection with us, is this: that, in taking from us a being we have loved and…

5 min readJun 25, 2023

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The Reset Button

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Diana Chapman Walsh

It’s Time for Higher Education to “Get Real” about the Climate Crisis

By Diana Chapman Walsh and Sarah Buie

7 min readDec 3, 2019

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It’s Time for Higher Education to “Get Real” about the Climate Crisis

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Diana Chapman Walsh

Why Blog?

I heard from two friends almost simultaneously last Saturday morning (email will do that if you let it interrupt you). They offered…

5 min readJan 23, 2019

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Why Blog?

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CalTrain Musings

I am standing on the northbound platform of CalTrain awaiting the 8:44 am to San Francisco. A train is announced and flies by going south…

4 min readJan 18, 2019

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Happiness When Done Right

I am initiating an experiment with this blog. Starting today. For a dozen years and more, I’ve been writing — often for invited speeches…

7 min readMar 20, 2018

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Happiness When Done Right

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Diana Chapman Walsh

“Still We Resist”

September, the back-to school-month, is behind us now. Living close to my beloved West coast family, my husband and I are settling in, with…

6 min readOct 1, 2017

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“Still We Resist”

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Diana Chapman Walsh

Judgments Across Generations

Just back in California Monday night from a peaceful personal summer enjoying the anodyne pleasures of Cape Cod. First stop was our…

6 min readSep 13, 2017

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Judgments Across Generations

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Diana Chapman Walsh

Diana Chapman Walsh

DIANA CHAPMAN WALSH, Ph.D., president emerita of Wellesley College (1993-2007) has also been a trustee of leading organizations in education and health.

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