Washington Post September 21, 2023
Sian Leah Beilock is a cognitive scientist who is the new president of Dartmouth College, the first woman to hold that position since the school was founded in 1769. An expert in, among other things, the effect of stress on academic performance, she is starting her tenure by putting health and wellness at the center of her leadership agenda with a focus on the country’s youth mental health crisis.
Among her initiatives:
- On Sept. 28, Beilock is bringing to campus Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy and his six living predecessors to discuss the crisis and explore possible solutions.
- She created a position for Dartmouth’s first chief health and wellness officer, who will report directly...
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