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LIFE ADVICE FROM A PROFESSOR MATT PAOLELLI Adjunct Professor, Medill School of Journalism BY ORKO MANNA PHOTO BY MIA ZANZUCCHI “I think the biggest thing I learned from having cancer was that everybody has cancer of some sort. So maybe it’s not actually cancer, but everyone is dealing with something. And it feels really good when the people in your life—and even complete strangers sometimes—reach out to ask how you’re doing, or to encourage you, or to share their experience of what they were dealing with. Now it’s something I strive for in my own life—to check in with people, even if I don’t know that something is wrong. But if I do know that something’s wrong, I try to be as engaged as possible with them.” *Check out our website to read more.
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