Quotes by Sylvia Mathews Burwell

“While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.”

“In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential to campaigning to take the specifics of govern...”

“Medical attention and emotional support can be difficult to obtain for those in need, yet both are essential to nurturing healthy futures year round and especially during the holiday season.”

“No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by invention of the toilet. But it did not go far enough. It only reached...”

“There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don't hear enough about them or their needs.”

“Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.”

“Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives.”

“Together, we became the first university to achieve carbon neutrality; grew our endowment by approximately 60 percent (from just over $600 million in 2017 to approximately $950 million now); launch...”

“The university has a great team of leaders in place who are partnering with our great faculty, staff, alumni, and students to shepherd us into our next chapter of impact.”

“Fighting Ebola as HHS Secretary, flying around the world for the Gates Foundation, or leading this university.”

“This hateful act of antisemitism is reprehensible. Jewish students live in both rooms where the doors were vandalized, Burwell wrote. When we are so deeply focused on our community of care – suppor...”

“I ask that as a community we recognize that our Jewish and Israeli community members and families are frightened. Our Muslim and Palestinian community members and families are frightened,”

“Acts of hate, intimidation, and dehumanization cannot be the way we live together and treat one another. This includes physical threats, as well as online harassment and doxxing. No matter your bac...”