Countway Library has a host of services specific to the study of dental medicine. Learn about our dedicated Library Liaison to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, our wide-ranging collections and research guides, and how the Center for the History of Medicine can help connect you with historical dental medicine resources.
The purpose of this week’s message is to update you on the progress we are making regarding creating a library wide plan for remote work. We have gathered the library staff feedback/request forms and are compiling the information into a comprehensive spreadsheet.
Join us for the first-ever enhanced Zoom presentation of portions of N. Lynn Eckhert,'s one-woman play, A Lady Alone. Following the production, Dr. Eckhert will be joined by both featured actress Christine Farrell and director Kevin Confoy, both theater professors at Sarah Lawrence College, for an interactive discussion about Dr. Blackwell’s historical relevance to women in medicine.
Last week’s message highlighted several questions I had received over the past month. Some of the questions had clear answers while some could not be answered fully last week. I have some updates I would like to share with you given what new information we have received.
This week’s message takes the form of a series of questions with answers. Over the past few weeks, some questions that have come through the Countway anonymous reporting form as well as in general conversations with staff.
April brings the blooms of spring and a promise of renewal. It’s also National Stress Awareness Month, and we think it’s important to take a moment to reflect on what that means.
The CDC has issued numerous reports linking climate change and the effect on human physical and mental health. Throughout this week (April 20-22) Earth Day 2021 was celebrated online through a series of multiple events.
April is National Month of Hope, and April 7th is National Hope Day. But this year, the notion of hope is such a bright light that Countway celebrates its significance daily.
At this week’s Countway Town Hall, we heard a message of mixed emotions, hope mixed with realism, expressed by our speaker Dr. Allan Brandt. He expressed deep concern over the political divide that has taken over this country, the social and racial injustices...
Please join Countway Library and the HMS Arts and Humanities Initiative for a virtual discussion with Guggenheim Fellow Kaitlyn Greenidge about Libertie, a novel about one of the first Black women physicians in the US.
