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EMK Institute names new president: Dr. Mary Grant

September 15, 2017 – Dorchester Reporter

Kennedy Institute for the Senate picks new president

September 13, 2017 – Boston Globe

The institute said Wednesday it has selected Mary Grant, currently the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, as its new leader.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Speak in Boston

September 13, 2017 – Boston Magazine

Murthy is visiting Boston to discuss the state of public health, and the government’s role in improving it, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

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UNC President Margaret Spellings on selection of Dr. Mary Grant as new Institute president

September 2017

UNC President Margaret Spellings on selection of Dr. Mary Grant as new Edward M. Kennedy Institute president

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UNC Asheville chancellor named Edward M. Kennedy Institute President

September 2017

BOSTON – Today, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate announced that Dr. Mary K. Grant, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, has been named as the new president of the Institute. Grant will begin her role at the Institute in January 2018.

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Victoria Reggie Kennedy statement in support of Senator John McCain

July 2017

"Senator John McCain is a remarkable man who has dedicated his life to his country and his family."