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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…

Feb 20, 2024

Feb 20, 2024

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…

Sep 2, 2023

The Tension of Opposites

Sep 2, 2023

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…

Jul 15, 2023

Benefactor Moments

Jul 15, 2023

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…

Jun 25, 2023

The Reset Button

Jun 25, 2023

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

By Diana Chapman Walsh and Sarah Buie

Dec 3, 2019

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

Dec 3, 2019

Why Blog?

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

Jan 23, 2019

Why Blog?

Jan 23, 2019

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…

Jan 18, 2019

CalTrain Musings

Jan 18, 2019

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…

Mar 20, 2018

Happiness When Done Right

Mar 20, 2018

“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…

Oct 1, 2017

“Still We Resist”

Oct 1, 2017

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…

Sep 13, 2017

Judgments Across Generations

Sep 13, 2017

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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