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Countway Longwood Author Series Presents: Time Smart with Ashley Whillans

October 8, 2020

Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. How can we escape the time traps that make us feel this way and keep us from living our best lives? Author and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans will give you proven strategies for improving your "time affluence," freeing up time that you can reinvest in positive, healthy activities.

Long Story Short Award: Short Edition's Annual Inter-University Writing Contest Fall 2020

Long Story Short Award

October 7, 2020

Calling all Harvard student writers!  Submit your short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction for the first-ever Long Story Short Award contest.  Prizes range from $200-$500, and selected works will be published in Short Story Dispensers all over the world!

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Week 30: Celebrating Countway Library Staff and Their Contributions to the Community

October 4, 2020

National Medical Librarians Month is celebrated each year during the month of October. We are taking this opportunity to honor the contributions of all Countway Library staff who support the Longwood Medical Campus and beyond to carry out the health and public health missions of education, research, patient care and community services.

Myra Logan with Louis Tompkins Wright and other members of the Aureomycin research group at Harlem Hospital (1949).

Women in Medicine Month: Myra Logan

September 29, 2020

September is Women in Medicine Month! The Center for the History of Medicine celebrated by researching Myra Logan, the first woman to perform open heart surgery. 

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#CountwayStories: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Elaine Martin

September 24, 2020

Get to know your Countway team through our #CountwayStories interviews ... today we present five things you didn't know about Elaine!

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Join the Countway Student Advisory Group

September 23, 2020

The Countway Student Advisory Group is looking for students from Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health!

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Week 28: #CountwayVotes

September 20, 2020

I am sending out this week’s message in advance of National Voter Registration Day which is Tuesday, Sept 22nd. On this day, numerous volunteers and organizations will remind people of the importance of voting and will help people register to vote.

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#CountwayStories: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Jaki Cellini

September 18, 2020

Get to know your Countway team through our #CountwayStories interviews ... today we present five things you didn't know about Jaki!

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Week 27: Countway Library’s Diversity Plan

September 13, 2020

Equity, diversity and inclusion are core to The Countway Library Diversity Plan. Diversity is the acceptance of a variety of traits including but not limited to age, gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, language, etc. We recognize and value the uniqueness of each individual.

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#CountwayStories: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Keith Pierce

September 10, 2020

Get to know your Countway team through our #CountwayStories interviews ... today we present five things you didn't know about Keith!

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Week 26: Supporting Teaching, Learning, Research and Community Engagement

September 6, 2020

Week 26 marks 6 full months of primarily remote work as a result of the HMS campus COVID-19 pandemic shut-down. This week also marks the beginning of Countway Library’s Phase 2 smart restart ramp up.

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Welcome to Countway Community News!

September 3, 2020

We are sunsetting our monthly Countway Connections Newsletter  in order to give you more up to date information here on happenings at Countway, such as our community garden, our short story dispenser, and a variety of programs. 

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